United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance

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…

Course (Commandant List), Jungle Warfare Course, Mountaineering Training Course, Sniper Course, Military Administration Course (Commandant List), Basic and Avanced Peace Operation Courses and Civil-Military Coordination Course, Logistical Support to United Nations Peacekeeping Operations Course, Principles and Guidelines for UN Peacekeeping Operations Course, The Conduct of Humanitarian Relief Operations…

qualification requirement and availability of Joint positions forces each military branch to integrate, develop a holistic Department of Defense understanding, and collaborate more effectively to achieve operational or strategic objectives. These measures have and continue to prevent the levels of rivalry that created dysfunction within the Department of Defense and the corresponding operational failures. Considering the success of joint force integration, exchanging personnel to other parts of…

During my time in the Marine Corps, I have noticed that Marines have lacked in the understanding of close order drill and formations. We conduct these formations by utilizing close order drill to ensure Marines are always ready for any event. Due to Marines continually questioning, why do we have formations for accountability, for promotions, and uniform inspections. Formations have and always will be a part of the Marine Corps traditions. We as small unit leaders utilize the conduct of…

reach Norfolk. Once there they would unload the Marines and their equipment and meet with the Secretary of the Navy. They knew that once they reached port things would begin to move fast, so they had no plans for flight operations right now, or where to position the Iowa with her massive guns. The news had gone out to Admiral Meyer and the rest that they were through the canal, so as far as everyone was concerned now it was game on for the United States Navy. Within the Department of the Navy…

Everyday around the world, there are people suffering and relishing in getting their egos boosted and busted. Being an ego booster is the act of increasing one person’s or a group’s morale. Being an ego buster is the act of decreasing one’s morale. Being in the military, we experience this daily. Our peers increase each other’s morale through keeping confidence up and helping prove to the individual that they can complete a task that was unusual for them to undertake, and praising our peers’…