Introduction. After the attacks on September 11, 2001, and the overthrow of the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, the United States Government turned its attention to Iraq and the regime of Saddam Hussein. Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) was launched on March 20, 2003. The immediate goal, was to remove the regime, including destroying its ability to use weapons of mass destruction or to make them available to terrorists. The broad, longer-term objective included helping Iraqis build “a new Iraq that is prosperous and free (Dale, 2008). The U.S. led coalition of forces in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM was initially successful in overthrowing Saddam Hussein’s regime and swiftly defeats a considered niche competitor because of the strategic Decision-making, supremacy of Combine Arms and advanced Technological Warfare. The invasions major combat operation lasted for three weeks, where Operation Iraqi Freedom (O.I.F.) hailed as an historical accomplishment, an unprecedented military success (Dennisson, 2006). The concept of operation was the employment of relatively small, highly mobile and technologically advanced force to swept across Iraq’s hostile territory and had minimal casualties, and able to toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein, a longtime U.S. adversary. U.S. political and military leadership believed that accomplishing the mission’s stated …show more content…
This in by employing a small ground forces but highly mobile and technologically advanced forces. From a tactical perspective, the Army and Marines will have to project their force over 600 kilometers from Kuwait up to Baghdad, and more units to pushed further north to Tikrit or to Mosul (Dale, 2008). The Marines will take the eastern route up to Baghdad with more urban areas than the Army’s western route. The UK First Armored Division, under IMEF, will take Basra, Iraq’s second largest city. (See Appendix