Managing Loss of Life in Operation Iraqi Freedom

Abstract

The purpose of this essay is to discuss the personal emotional aspects of the death of a soldier, interpreter, or Iraqi counterpart. I will site several examples of the unit dealing with death and what the responsibilities of the unit and chain of command are. I will use personal experience and the Army's FM 3-21.5 as a model to show the mechanisms the Army recommends the unit utilizes to use tradition to honor the fallen and reduce the emotional burden of the unit. I will show the mission of Special Forces in Iraqi to provide the reader with the understanding of the integration with Iraqi SOF soldiers and interpreters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 10, 2007
Accession Number
AD1136595

Entities

People

  • Rick Peterson

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Clearances
  • Command And Control
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Emergencies
  • Emergency Response
  • Governments
  • Helicopters
  • Insurgency
  • Iraqi-War
  • Local Governments
  • Special Forces
  • Special Operations Forces
  • Training
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Computational Linguistics
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Military Science