Transformation of the United States Army

Considering the ongoing budget cuts and force reductions, the Army should maintain its current level of reliance on contract support, with condition to adopt some measures to maximize the benefits from contractors. From my opinion, Successful operational contract support is the ability to manage and direct all activities necessary to execute contract support integration requirements in a designated operational area. For example, during the last two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Operational…

My time at Valley Forge was over, I had been fighting for general George Washington since the summer of 1775 and the victory on April 13 looked so far away because it was only late December, and it was seeming as if a turning point was unlikely. Do I stay and be loyal to my brothers or do I leave and never look back. I had to make my choice very soon, I could have left and the pain of seeing my brothers die , or I could stay and fight for my freedom such as many men had already done. The…

Benjamin gets angry when sometime doesn’t work and throws it. Their mother has died. They go to Charleston and they are burning King George. They hate King George because he didn’t reward them and he taxed too much. Benjamin is a very respected man and he was a captain. Benjamin doesn’t want Gabriel to go into war. Charleston fell into British rule. Gabriel is fighting in the war. Gabriel comes home injured.Thomas dies trying to save Gabriel. Benjamin and 2 of his sons go to shoot the British…

and recovery operations and continues until remains are returned to person authorized to direct disposition (PADD) and all personal effects (PE) are returned to the person eligible to receive effects (PERE). Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) is the Army Service component commander’s major organization responsible to provide common-user logistics (CUL) within the TO. TSC is responsible for developing an operational level MA. Each unit is responsible for designating a search and recovery team to…

Spending a year in Bagdad Iraq is the only part of my military career I did no enjoy. Extreme heat, long work days, and being away from my family and friends made it a horrible experience. As the sun would come up each day the temperature was already in the high 90s. As the day progressed it reach as high as 134 degrees. When I thin back about the heat; the day I cooked an egg on the sidewalk always comes to mind. Along with the heat work conditions were less than amazing. My uniform of the day…

- He commendably accomplished and supervised the daily utilization and maintenance of 987 acres of LTA and eight small arms ranges and Training Aids Devices and Simulators. He Also conducted Train the Trainer classes on Ranges, TADS, and Cross Trained on TS-MATTS and EST2000. Total usage during this rating period was 27,640 personnel trained, 202,621 rounds fired and 11,055 hours of training with a 100% availability rate. - Selected as the Information & Knowledge Management representative for…

HQDA detailers received complaints from commanders concerning placements, quality for Training and Combat Development Directorates at Fort Rucker. They wanted CGSC graduates. I found it interesting that they chose a passed-over Major to solve that problem. And DA told me this was my only promotion opportunity, but by now, I realized that what they said was not what they meant. But the options were scarce, and I was within three years of retirement. Enterprise, Alabama was a low-cost area,…

with me. I was flattered but told him that I would only receive Major pay if I retired before the 3-year commitment was up. He said; “Sometimes you have to take a fleeting opportunity when it comes along.” Sarah and I were ready to move on from the Army, but knowing a job was waiting made the decision…

I started working as an S.S officer sometime in (blank idk dates yet fix later) shortly after turning 18 and being dispatched from the mental hospital. My brothers got me the job, and I suppose I should be grateful, and admittedly to a certain degree, I am. If it wasn’t for them, I would’ve never been so upfront with the cause, I wouldn’t ever have realized how disgusting it really was, and it would’ve never forced to stand up and try to help. I never officially stepped away from the cause…

I am requesting an ETP in order to be released from my current career field, 3P0X1 Security Forces, so I may retrain into 3A111, Administration. The 3P0X1 career field is considered a balanced career field and is identified as not having any retraining-out quotas. Furthermore, this ETP is to fulfill the requirements of AFI 36-2626, Airman Retraining Program, paragraph 4.5 Exceptions to Policy (ETPs)/Waivers in order to complete retraining prI am requesting for retrain since the opportunity is…