Discussion Material for Small Unit Leaders: Issues of Battlefield Ethics and Leadership

Abstract

During the fall of 2005, units of I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) were assigned responsibility for stability operations in Iraq's al-Anbar province and the Euphrates River Valley towns of Ramadi, Fallujah, Hit, and Haditha. The I MEF Marines were there to protect the Iraqi citizens against a complex mix of insurgent groups consisting of Saddam Hussein's former regime elements, foreign fighters traveling the Euphrates River Valley from Syria, and the Jordanian-born Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) leader Abu Musab al- Zarqawi. A Rifle Company from Camp Pendleton operated from a Forward Operating Base (FOB) together with the other companies from their parent battalion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA576457

Entities

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combat Operations
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Explosives
  • Materials
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Personnel Management
  • Prisoners Of War
  • Small Arms
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects
  • Wounds And Injuries

Readers

  • Military Science
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.