Confederate States Marine Corps

the Noncommissioned Officer Corps in word and deed. CSM Clark’s service spans four major conflicts, having directly participated in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom, and Enduring Freedom. CSM Clark has served as a role model for officers and enlisted Soldiers to emulate throughout his entire career. He has served in every leadership position as an Infantryman, from fire team leader to battalion Command Sergeant Major for both Infantry Battalions in the State of New Jersey, as well as…

Major Bruce P. Crandall was a Flight Commander, serving with Company A, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division in the Vietnam War when the ground commander ordered the aircraft to abort the scheduled search and destroy mission from Plei Me, Vietnam, to Landing Zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley. However, Major Crandall, having successfully landed once despite enemy fire, assessed the situation at Landing Zone X-Ray and determined the troops were in need of ammunition and medical…

The Australian 3rd Brigade, comprising the 9th, George Mitchell in the 10th, 11th and 12th Battalions, was the covering party in the first wave of the Gallipoli landing. George and the 10th Battalion came ashore at 4.30am and landed near Ari Burnu – This site later named Anzac Cove. Their objective was to reach the second ridge inland and locate the Ottoman batteries. Mitchell wrote in his diary, ‘Fierce we expected it to be, but fierce as it was we never dreamed’. They managed to scale the…

Sousa was born in Washington, D.C. on Nov.6, 1854. His father John Antonio Sousa was born in Spain, Portuguese and his mother Marie Elizabeth Trinkaus was born in Bavarian. His fame wasn’t an accident. His father was a trombonist with the United States Marine Band. By the time he was six, his musical talent had become apparent and he was enrolled for a year of solfeggio with a local Italian teacher. He was found to have absolute pitch, and so considered sufficiently gifted to begin basic…

I believe that the 4th ABCT climate is toxic and only getting worse. There are many instances where leaders did not work as a team. There were times where leaders used coercion, intimidation, and other unscrupulous tactics to garner compliance from Soldiers. Leaders feel as if independent thinking is discouraged. I also uncovered other tactics like hazing that break down the moral, and welfare of the Soldiers. After completing my assessment of the 4th ABCT I have discovered that significant…

Leadership Challenges of Combined Joint Forces SGM George K. Ott Operation Enduring Freedom, Provincial Reconstruction Team, Farah Afghanistan, 04/30/2008 38B, Civil Affairs Team NCOIC, 451st CA Bn. CJTF-82 Bagram george.k.ott.mil@mail.mil 9 November 2015 Class 42 Abstract I was deployed in late 2006 to become a Civil Affairs soldier and lead a CA team as the NCOIC in Operation Enduring Freedom, within the first hundred days of arriving at forward operating base in Farah, Afghanistan; I was…

To honorably serve my country as a United States Marine Corps Officer has been an aspiration of mine since middle school. My desire and drive to join an elite team that fully embodies and teaches the core values that I uphold myself, is a major reason that I want to become an exemplary Marine Officer. Always striving to become a better individual and reflect upon my experiences has pushed me to attain high levels of academic success and to be placed into a variety of leadership roles. I…

SUBJECT: Nomination for Award of the Order of Saint Maurice for Brazilian Army SGM Rafael Severiano Biserra 1. SGM Rafael has distinguished himself through exemplary professional and personal contribution to the Infantry during his 24 years of service in Brazilian Army. Therefore, I nominate him for induction in the Order of Saint Maurice and presentation of the Centurion Award. I am making this nomination on behalf of SGM Rafael based upon his significant contributions outlined below. 2. SGM…

Collaboration offers an effective approach for organizations to resolve complex problems, maximize resources and improve innovation. However, the organization must establish the conditions for collaboration to be successful and use a deliberate approach to collaborating with other, external stakeholder organizations. This paper identifies a few historical challenges that the Department of Defense and other federal agencies faced in the past, how those organizations sought to overcome those…

After serving honorably within the Marine Corps, Chief Snider departed the organization in 1999. He entered the Air Force in 2000. Upon entering, he completed the Structural Apprentice Course at the Naval Construction Training Center located in Gulfport, Mississippi. His first Air Force assignment…