Sergeant First Class Emily C. Martinez United States Army, distinguished herself as a Quartermaster Noncommissioned Officer by exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service to the United States as the III Corps Mortuary Affairs Non-Commissioned Officer (MA NCO) and the Combined Joint Task Force Sustainment Operation Battle NCO. As the MA NCOIC/Night Shift Battle NCO, SFC Martinez performed and executed all operations according to the Task Force CJTF OIR J4 MA standard operating procedures, ensuring 100% compliance with all MA regulations. SFC Martinez is responsible for monitoring the battle to provide oversight to the CJ4 and is also responsible for tracking movements of all classes of supplies within the CJOA.
Early in the morning a reinforced North Vietnamese company attacked Company B, which was manning a defensive perimeter in Vietnam. The surprise onslaught wounded 5 members of a 6-man squad caught in the direct path of the enemy 's thrust. S/Sgt. Stewart became a lone defender of vital terrain--virtually 1
Summary of Evidence Sgt. Matt Eversmann was the group leader of the Task Force Rangers in the Battle of Mogadishu. He was 26 at the time of the operation and had had 17 months of training. Eversmann held the responsibility of bringing 12 young soldiers back alive from one of the most brutal battles ever in American history.
Who was the 442nd Regimental Combat Team? What did they do? When was the team formed? This is the historical story of the team that became the most decorated team in history. They fought magnificently in the field of battle and made chapters of history in the military.
Mission Command: Battle of the Bulge & General Omar Nelson Bradley MAJ NAWAF AL-AWWAD, MAJ VIVEK SINGH, 1LT HSIANG-YUN HSU CBRNCCC 07/08-17 16, AUG, 2017 During WWII, US Army conducted a highly successful counteroffensive operation against Germans which is commonly known as "The Battle of Bulge" and considered as the last major attack executed by German troops. The battle took its name because the initial attack by Germans created a bulge in the allied defensive line . This paper will provide summary of major event in the battle of bulge, discuss how General Omar Bradley utilized the mission command principles during the battle effectively, and how those principles affected the outcome of the
Furthermore, he was personally responsible for the weekly status updates that were provided to the NCTS Far East Commanding Officer via Detachment Okinawa Officer-in-Charge. His superb focus on mission support during the very complex and demanding TSCOMM relocation project, enabled his team to remove, relocate and quickly restore 10 critical voice and data circuits to Patrol Reconnaissance Force SEVENTH Fleet, Tactical Operations Center Kadena and deployed VP/VQ squadrons in direct support of Commander, Task Force 72, Commander, Task Group 72.1 and Commander, SEVENTH Fleet missions. Petty Officer Portis ' phenomenal performance made absolute and lasting contributions to NCTS Far East Detachment Okinawa and the overall communications readiness and mission success of the war fighter. Petty Officer Portis is most deserving of the recognition afforded by the awarding of the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement
The Battle of Elsenborn Ridge was a definitive, but effortful, victory of the Battle of the Bulge. On the 16th of December 1944, the Battle of the Bulge officially commenced on Belgian grounds (Cole 331). Among its many, devastating battles, the Battle of Elsenborn Ridge remains the most compelling, due to the unwavering resilience of American forces. American artillery in this battle arose with relative force, effectively withstanding and deflecting German forces. Victory, in the Battle of the Bulge, eluded American forces until the fateful Battle of Elsenborn Ridge.
Tim O’Brien discusses the characteristics of a true war story and how to distinguish a true story from the fake or made-up one in his essay, “How to Tell a True War Story.” He criticizes many aspects of storytelling and mentions the behavior of a true story. In addition to O’Brien’s theory on how to distinguish true vs false, Malcolm Gladwell also helps in differentiating the two by discussing the story about Bernie Goetz in his essay “The Power of Context.” Both the authors point out the main characteristics that needs to be noted in order to understand the difference between fact/ truth and belief/ cooked up story. Though O’Brien is very open about his arguments, Gladwell’s arguments are invisible to audience because he does not openly state
The 34th, operating as a unit of the 24th Infantry Division along with many others endured some of the most horrific combat, under awful weather and terrain conditions during the War in the Pacific. The 34th Infantry Regiment securing the island of Mindanao lasted until late September of 1945. Their efforts resulted in upward of 22,000 Japanese soldiers surrendering. More than 10,000 Japanese Soldiers died in combat on Mindanao. From April to August of 1945 approximately 820 U.S. soldiers were killed in eastern Mindanao and 2,880 were wounded.
Please accept my sincerest sympathy in the death of your mother, Staff Sergeant Stephanie W. Plank. Your mother was an exceptional Soldier and an even better person. Stephanie’s smile and positive attitude will be greatly missed. Staff Sergeant Plank was deployed as part of the 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, to the National Training Center. On May 31, 2013, Staff Sergeant Plank’s truck overturned in Death Valley.
In 1945 February 19, there was a battle between the US and Japan. The battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. Iwo Jima was a Pacific island, two miles wide by four miles long (8 sm). Iwo Jima which means Sulfur island, was important an an air base.
General Patton, in the Battle of the Bulge exercised the principles of mission command to the fullest and they yielded significantly great results for the Allied forces. General Patton employed each of the principles in different ways in order to ensure that the German surprise attack did not significantly set back the Allied forces in the war. The exercise of mission command allows a commander to conduct military operations and missions through dispersed execution. According to Army Doctrine Publication (ADP) 6-0, Mission Command, the definition of mission command is “the exercise of authority and direction by the commander using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative within the commander’s intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct of unified land operations”. General Patton exhibited four of the mission command principles extremely well during the Battle of the Bulge.
Battle Analysis of Battle of Normandy Subject: Battle of Normandy in the summer of 1944, between the Allied nations and German forces occupying Western Europe. More than 60 years later, the Normandy Invasion, or D-Day, remains the largest seaborne invasion in history, involving nearly three million troops crossing the English Channel from England to Normandy in occupied France. What was supposed to happen: What Happened: On the night of June 6 more than 5,000 vessels started the came across the English Channel.
By definition, “mission command is the exercise of authority and direction by the commander using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative within the commander’s intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct of unified land operations,” according to ADRP 5-0. Mission command is about knowing when to change the task to fit the purpose. This paper is intended to analyze the mission command of one side of the battle, focusing on the commander’s role in the operations process. The Battle of Bunker Hill was the most important battle of the American Revolution because of Colonel Prescott’s superior command and control.
Operation Desert Storm in 1991 made everyone look at airpower with renewed interest as the whole world witnessed the joint efforts of latest technology, thorough training and modern airpower. This was so unlike the previous efforts taken during World War II and the Vietnam War where more civilians were affected rather than strategic military installations. Senator Sam Nunn who initially had doubts regarding Bush Governance and their claims to liberate Kuwait, was forced to comment on the “new era of warfare”1 that ensured that 70 – 80% of the guided missiles fell within 10 meters of the proposed target whereas during World War II only around 18% of the U.S bombs landed within 1000 feet of the intended target. Precision airpower and mastery
After viewing the German blitzkrieg strategy used in the invasion of Poland, Russia reevaluated its armory in fear of German aggression. Recognizing the German superior tank technology, the Russian authorities commissioned a design for a new tank. Mikhail Koshkin and his team of designers engineered a tank that surpassed expectations (Tucker-Jones). The Soviet engineers designed the T-34 tank to be one of the most versatile tanks of World War II, and its use enabled key victories that enhanced the Soviet Union’s ability to defeat the German aggression. Koshkin and the designers packed the T-34 with many functional design features that made it a great all-round tank.