1500 1500.3 10 Oct 14 From: Lance Corporal Woodwick‚ Erik B 0231‚ 2nd Battalion 3rd Marine Regiment Headquarters and Service Company‚ S2 To: Corporal Albright‚ Calvin‚ 2nd Battalion 3rd Marine Regiment Headquarters and Service Company‚ S2 Subj: BOOK REPORT OF “Helmet for my Pillow” BY ROBERT LECKIE 1. Recommendations a. Audience. I recommend “Helmet for my Pillow” to every single Marine. The book was phenomenal in going into detail about exact
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which they fought and died. Unfortunately‚ the Viet Nam soldiers did not share in the understanding of the Rules of Engagement so they attacked swiftly and frequently. Rendering the American soldiers weak and unable to fight back. Battalion Commanders Battalion commanders were in no better position than the on ground soldiers and they were given instructions and told to abide by them. They were also not previed to certain information that could have helped them with the war. Division Commanders
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country and to gain an experience of leadership and discipline. I was married after bootcamp in Jan 2007 and have a daughter that is now 5 years old. I came in the Marine Corps as a Combat engineer. My first duty station was First Combat Engineer Battalion‚ First Marine Division‚ Camp Pendleton‚ CA there I had a very successful tour‚ completeing 2 combat tours to Al Anbar Province‚ Iraq. One with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit‚ BLT 3/1 in May of 2007. While on this deployment I saw a lot of combat
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The Battle of St. Lô took place from July 9 to July 24‚ 1944. It was an important battle in the Allies’ campaign for the liberation of northern france. About a month after the Battle of Normandy‚ it was the fight for an important French trade city. The Germans had taken the city without opposition from locals‚ but its liberation took the lives of many. The Americans considered this a worthy cause‚ however‚ because the city was vital to the Allies’ plan. The battle was important to the war because
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go on to high school. Enlisting in the Marine Corps in July 1940‚ Basilone was trained at Parris Island in South Carolina. He was stationed at Guantanamo Bay before being sent to Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands as a member of Dog Company‚ 1st Battalion‚ 7th Marine Regiment‚ 1st Marine Division. On October 24‚ 1942‚ Japanese forces began a frontal attack at Guadalcanal‚ using machine guns‚
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From 2003 to 2004‚ I was assigned to the Third Marines Field Service Support Group (3d FSSG) Medical Battalion in Okinawa‚ Japan as the company commander for the Headquarter and Support (H&S) Company. Medical battalions are staffed by Navy medical personnel‚ which support Marines in war zones. The H&S company structure included a company commander‚ executive officer‚ division officers and enlisted staff. A lot of people are not familiar with the military terms so I like to use the analogy that a
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on his men’s mental state was not his doing‚ but random well placed jokes that lightened the mood. There are times it is not a controllable action that helps influence a person’s mental state‚ but a randomly placed joke. Von Schell remembers a battalion commander riding up with his orderly‚ and stating
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Read the case study titled “A Peaceful Evacuation: Building a Multi-Project Battalion by Leading Upward.” before starting this assignment. Write a 3-5 pages paper in which you: Describe the leadership style that Lieutenant Colonel Yaron exhibited as the commander of a battalion for theevacuation operation. Provide three (3) examples of his leadership actions and behavior. Discuss the pros and cons in each example you describe to support the response. Analyze the leadership style that Lieutenant
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NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL Monterey‚ California THESIS HIGH ALTITUDE WARFARE: THE KARGIL CONFLICT AND THE FUTURE by Marcus P. Acosta June 2003 Thesis Advisor: Second Reader: Peter Lavoy Douglas Porch Approved for public release‚ distribution is unlimited THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Form Approved OMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response‚ including the time for reviewing
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I spoke with Captain Spangler about the importance of district coverage in order to provide for the citizens in Station forty fours district. I also addressed not getting permission from the battalion chief to leave district. Captain Spangler was apologetic and regrets leaving the district uncovered‚ he assured me this will not happen again. This meeting was considered an oral counseling‚ I am confident this will not happen again‚ but I did remind
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