U S Marines In Battle Al Qaim September 2005 March 2006 Illustrated Edition

Author : Dr. Nicholas J. Schlosser
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782896838

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U.S. Marines In Battle: Al-Qaim, September 2005-March 2006 [Illustrated Edition] by Dr. Nicholas J. Schlosser Pdf

Includes more than 30 photos, maps and plans This study examines a counterinsurgency campaign conducted during the Iraq War between the fall of 2005 and spring of 2006 in the district of al-Qaim on the Syrian border. In many ways, the struggle to clear and hold the district marked a turning point for the U.S. Marines fighting to bring security and stability to al-Anbar Province. The tactics and procedures utilized by the Marines of Regimental Combat Team 2 as well as its numerous supporting units served as a model for future operations in 2006 and 2007. The Iraq War began in 2003 with a lightning quick assault by Coalition forces that toppled Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist regime within a matter of weeks. During the months immediately following the overthrow of the old regime, a lack of adequate security forces and indecision among policy makers rapidly led to a collapse of order and stability. By the summer a broad insurgency conducted by former regime loyalists, criminals, and Islamic fundamentalist fighters had broken out against the U.S. occupation of the country. The U.S.’ initial goal of creating an independent, democratic government was superseded by the more basic and pressing need to establish a secure and stable Iraqi state. The lack of a unified approach to U.S. strategy in Iraq meant that it often fell to the commanders of smaller units (brigades, regiments, and battalions) to devise an effective means for defeating the insurgency in their particular areas of responsibility. It was in this type of operating environment that the commander of Regimental Combat Team 2, Colonel Stephen W. Davis, and one of his battalion commanders, Lieutenant Colonel Julian D. Alford of 3d Battalion, 6th Marines, undertook a concerted campaign to clear and secure al-Qaim District in western Iraq.

Author : Nicholas J. Schlosser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Government publications
ISBN : MINN:30000009647680

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The Battle for Al-Qaim and the Campaign to Secure the Western Euphrates River Valley by Nicholas J. Schlosser Pdf

Author : Nicholas J. Schlosser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCSD:31822038367249

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The Battle for Al-Qaim and the Campaign to Secure the Western Euphrates River Valley by Nicholas J. Schlosser Pdf

Author : Timothy S. McWilliams,Nicolas J. Schlosser,U. S. Marine Corps History Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1782667016

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U.S. Marines in Battle by Timothy S. McWilliams,Nicolas J. Schlosser,U. S. Marine Corps History Division Pdf

This is a study of the Second Battle of Fallujah, also known as Operation Al-Fajr and Operation Phantom Fury. Over the course of November and December 2004, the I Marine Expeditionary Force conducted a grueling campaign to clear the city of Fallujah of insurgents and end its use as a base for the anticoalition insurgency in western Iraq. The battle involved units from the Marine Corps, Army, and Iraqi military and constituted one of the largest engagements of the Iraq War. The study is based on interviews conducted by Marine Corps History Division field historians of battle participants and archival material. The book will be of primary interest to Marines, other service members, policy makers, and the faculty and students at the service schools and academies. Historians, veterans, high school through univeristy history departments and students as well as libraries may be interested in this book as well. With full color maps and photographs.

Author : Catherine Dale
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781437920307

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Operation Iraqi Freedom by Catherine Dale Pdf

Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the U.S.-led coalition military operation in Iraq, was launched on March 20, 2003, with the goal of removing Saddam Hussein¿s regime and destroying its ability to use weapons of mass destruction. The focus of OIF has shifted from regime removal to helping the Gov¿t. of Iraq improve security, establish a system of governance, and foster economic development. This report addresses these policy issues: Identifying how U.S. national interests and strategic objectives, in Iraq and the region, should guide further U.S. engagement; Monitoring and evaluating the impact of the changes in the U.S. presence and role in Iraq; and Laying the groundwork for a traditional bilateral relationship. Map. A print on demand report.

Author : John J. McGrath
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0160869501

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Boots on the ground: Troop Density in Contingency Operations by John J. McGrath Pdf

This paper clearly shows the immediate relevancy of historical study to current events. One of the most common criticisms of the U.S. plan to invade Iraq in 2003 is that too few troops were used. The argument often fails to satisfy anyone for there is no standard against which to judge. A figure of 20 troops per 1000 of the local population is often mentioned as the standard, but as McGrath shows, that figure was arrived at with some questionable assumptions. By analyzing seven military operations from the last 100 years, he arrives at an average number of military forces per 1000 of the population that have been employed in what would generally be considered successful military campaigns. He also points out a variety of important factors affecting those numbers-from geography to local forces employed to supplement soldiers on the battlefield, to the use of contractors-among others.

Author : Gregory Fontenot,E. J. Degen,David Tohn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015061179225

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On Point by Gregory Fontenot,E. J. Degen,David Tohn Pdf

Den amerikanske hærs første officielle historiske beretning om operationerne i den anden Irakiske Krig, "Operation Iraqi Freedom", (OIF). Fra forberedelserne, mobiliseringen, forlægningen af enhederne til indsættelsen af disse i kampene ved Talil og As Samawah, An Najaf og de afsluttende kampe ved Bagdad. Foruden en detaljeret gennemgang af de enkelte kampenheder(Order of Battle), beskrives og analyseres udviklingen i anvendte våben og doktriner fra den første til den anden Golf Krig.

Author : Nicholas J. Schlosser
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 0160927838

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U.S. Marines and Irregular Warfare by Nicholas J. Schlosser Pdf

U.S. Marines in Irregular Warfare: Training and Education is a brief history that recounts how the U.S. Marine Corps adapted to fight the Global War on Terrorism during 2000-10. The Marine Corps has a long history of fighting irregular wars, including the Banana Wars in Central America during the 1920s and the Vietnam War during the 1960s. To battle the insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Corps drew upon this experience while also implementing new plans and programs to better prepare Marines to carry out counterinsurgency operations. The Marine Corps updated the curriculum at the Command and Staff College and transformed the annual Combined Arms Exercise into Exercise Mojave Viper: an immersive training program that simulated the urban environments in which Marines would be operating in Southwest Asia. Most importantly, Marines adjusted in the field, as battalion and company commanders drew on their basic training and education to devise innovative tactics to better combat the new threats they now faced. ?us, as this story shows, the Marine Corps did not undergo a radical transformation to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, but instead drew on principles that had defined it as a warfighting organization throughout most of its history. Keywords: United States Marine Corps; United States Marines; U.S. Marine Corps; U.S. Marines; Marines; Marine Corps; Global War on Terrorism; global war on terrorism; irregular warfare; military strategy; counterinsurgency; combat; iraq war; Iraq War; Afghanistan; military education; soldier training; combat training and tactics; Southwest Asia

Author : United States Marine Corps
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4066338119292

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Small Wars Manual by United States Marine Corps Pdf

The Small Wars Manual is a manual on tactics and strategies for engaging in certain types of military operations created by the United States Marine Corps. The purpose of this work is sharing experience and preserving the achievements of tactics and organization of small wars, or different military operations of the United States in countries where government is "unstable, inadequate, or unsatisfactory for the preservation of life and of such interests as are determined by the foreign policy" of the United States. The book starts with the definition of the term "small war" and continues into more than 500 pages on tactics, personnel structure, communication chain, transportation and logistics, military-civil relationship, psychological side of war, training, and support of native armed organizations and much more. The book is extremely interesting as a manual on tactics, whether it is used for a military operation or any other sort of massive campaign involving a large part of population, like elections. For example, it contains a chapter telling how to plan and organize legally the disarmament of local population. It tells what laws should be issued and what organizations form, what sort of personnel should be involved and what should be their roles. A reader will find guidelines on how to distribute and spare resources needed for a campaign, and how to properly cross a river in a dangerous area. Given the book's organization, structure and abundance of important information, covering different aspects of civil and military campaigns, this volume is a must-read for any person engaged in a state service or a student considering career in serving their country.

Author : John McGrath,Combat Studies Institute Press
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 107585914X

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Between the Rivers by John McGrath,Combat Studies Institute Press Pdf

Making history useful to the reader - this is one of the missions of the Combat Studies Institute. We strive to produce works that recount historical events to inform decision makers and to enable experiential learning. This collection of events put together by John McGrath, which occurred in Iraq during the 2003-2005 timeframe, addresses that mission.

Author : National Defense University,Joseph J. Collins,Jr. Richard D. Hooker
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1329628497

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Lessons Encountered by National Defense University,Joseph J. Collins,Jr. Richard D. Hooker Pdf

This volume represents an early attempt at assessing the Long War, now in its 14th year. Forged in the fires of the 9/11 attacks, the war includes campaigns against al Qaeda, major conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and operations in the Horn of Africa, the Republic of the Philippines, and globally, in the air and on the sea. The authors herein treat only the campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, the largest U.S. efforts. It is intended for future senior officers, their advisors, and other national security decisionmakers. By derivation, it is also a book for students in joint professional military education courses, which will qualify them to work in the field of strategy. While the book tends to focus on strategic decisions and developments of land wars among the people, it acknowledges that the status of the United States as a great power and the strength of its ground forces depend in large measure on the dominance of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force in their respective domains.

Author : Wallace Martin Greene (Jr.)
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 099115889X

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The Greene Papers by Wallace Martin Greene (Jr.) Pdf

General Wallace M. Greene Jr. was the 23d Commandant of the Marine Corps, serving from 1964 to 1967, a period in which American involvement in Vietnam increased dramatically. The Greene Papers: General Wallace M. Greene Jr. and the Escalation of the Vietnam War, January 1964-March 1965 contains more than 100 documents from the personal papers of General Greene and is the first edited volume of personal papers to be published by the Marine Corps History Division as a monograph. Produced by a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Greene's notes provide readers with a firsthand account from one of the main participants in the decision-making process that led to the commitment of a large-scale American expeditionary force in Southeast Asia. Because of President Lyndon B. Johnson's reticence to regularly consult the Joint Chiefs on military matters, however, the notes also give readers a second point of view: that of a frustrated advisor kept on the outside and forced to look in, observe, and reflect on major military decisions often made without his input or support. Also apparent are the tensions between Greene and President Johnson's aggressive and domineering Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara. This volume begins in January 1964 and ends just before the landing of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade at Da Nang on 8 March 1965, a pivotal moment that marked the official transition from the United States' advisory mission to a more active combat mission. In doing so, it traces Greene's growing frustration with McNamara's and Johnson's equivocation and uncertainty about Southeast Asia. Along with a series of commemorative pamphlets, this book is part of the Marine Corps History Division's effort to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Vietnam War. Other publications avaialble from the United States Marine Corps can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/922 Other publications about the Vietnam War can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/us-military-history/battles-wars/vietnam-war

Author : Jack D Kern Editor,Jack Kern
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1727846435

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Deep Maneuver by Jack D Kern Editor,Jack Kern Pdf

Volume 5, Deep Maneuver: Historical Case Studies of Maneuver in Large-Scale Combat Operations, presents eleven case studies from World War II through Operation Iraqi Freedom focusing on deep maneuver in terms of time, space and purpose. Deep operations require boldness and audacity, and yet carry an element of risk of overextension - especially in light of the independent factors of geography and weather that are ever-present. As a result, the case studies address not only successes, but also failure and shortfalls that result when conducting deep operations. The final two chapters address these considerations for future Deep Maneuver.

Author : Phil Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Crime
ISBN : UOM:39015075673023

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Criminals, Militias, and Insurgents by Phil Williams Pdf

The author identifies the roots of organized crime in Ba'athist Iraq and reports on major criminal activities including the theft, diversion, and smuggling of oil, the kidnapping of both Iraqis and foreigners, extortion, car theft, and the theft and smuggling of antiquities. The author also reports on how al-Qaeda in Iraq, Jaish-al-Mahdi, and the Sunni tribes used criminal activities to fund their campaigns of political violence.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Anbār (Iraq : Province)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050534978

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Al-Anbar Awakening by Anonim Pdf