OIF
Army Stryker Program with Major Brian Sweigart
August 25 by IDGA EditorMajor Brian Sweigart, Executive Officer of the Army's 3-16 Cavalry, has completed two tours in OIF. He deployed with a Stryker unit and discusses the challenges that military vehicles face in Iraq s...
Bilingual and Bicultural Advisors in OIF/OEF with Ken Fortune
July 07 by IDGA EditorKen Fortune, Chief Operations Officer of Linc Government Services, discusses the importance of cultural advisors and linguists in OIF and OEF. These critical personnel bridge the gap between east...
Army and Marine Corps Missions Carry Increasingly Different Vehicle Requirements
June 21 by IDGA EditorThe nature of the wars in OIF and OEF have impacted military vehicle design and requirement more than any time since WWII. The massive terrain differences in Afghanistan and Iraq and the varying mi...
CAPT Michael Vengrow, MC, USNR on Combat Medicine in OIF
May 03 by IDGA EditorCAPT Vengrow discusses his experience in OIF and the challenges the U.S. Military faces with battlefield healthcare in its current wars. He elaborates on how the fighting in the Global War on Terro...
COL Chris Carlile, Director, Unmanned Air Systems Center of Excellence, on the Future of Unmanned Air Systems
February 22 by IDGA EditorThe United States military has always been on the cutting edge of technology, seen across many aspects of American combat power in operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. One such area that h...
LAV and Stryker PMs meet with Industry
November 24 by IDGA EditorThe LAV and Stryker community came together this week in Virginia to hear from Program Managers and representatives from the Marine Corps and Army about vehicle upgrades and current systems being de...
U.S.-Iraq Drawdown Remains a "Difficult Job"
September 23 by IDGA Editor"Let me say this as plainly as I can—by August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end," President Barack Obama said on February 27th this year. Just over a month after taking office,...
Donovan Campbell, Author of 'Joker One,' Talks About His Time in the Marine Corps
August 10 by IDGA EditorThe United States Marine Corps have been heavily engaged in combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan following the fateful attack on September 11, 2001. Since then, Marines are serving multiple dep...