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War on Film The often fraught relationship between military and media. The advent of 24-hours news coverage and near real-time transmission of footage has left the military wary of the media. Dodge Billinsley investigates how relations have developed in recent history and examines how the military can best use the media to its advantage....read more |
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Soldier Pilots:
UAVs in the Army's New Modular Combat Brigade When the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Air Assault Division deployed to Iraq in late October 2005, it contained more unmanned-aerial-vehicle (UAV) assets than any combat brigade in US Army history. Among the many warfighting tools at his disposal, brigade commander Colonel Michael Steele has both the Shadow and Raven UAV platforms to give him a bird's-eye view of the battlefield with near-real-time imagery. His brigade is not unique, but the 101st is the first division with Shadow platoons in all four brigades and Ravens in every company....read more |
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The USA's 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (3SBCT) have reduced the number of guerrilla attacks in Mosul since taking responsibility for security in the city in February. The northern Iraq city has not been given the attention that the Sunni Triangle has recently received, but it has been a benchmark for US casualties in the country. The 101st Air Assault Division, who were stationed in the city until February, suffered more killed in action than any other US military unit in Iraq through the time of its redeployment back to the USA....read more |
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The US Marine Corps (USMC) Small Craft Company and two infantry squads from 3/25 Marine Reserves conducted littoral exercises off the West African coast in November 2003. The exercise, dubbed the West African Training Cruise 2004 or WATC04 also gave the Marine units a chance to work with other forces in the region, conducting riverine operations with members of the 1st Battalion of the Gambian Army and a beach landing with the Senegal Naval Commando Company....read more |
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Chopper
in the Coils: Operation Anaconda was a back to basics campaign
for US combat helicopters. It was 4:30 am, March 2, D-Day of Operation Anaconda, when the pilots of the 159th Aviation Brigade and the 7th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) started their pre-flight checks and began to turn the rotors of their CH-47 Chinook troop-transport helicopters. Behind them, infantry from the 101st Airborne and the 10th Mountain Divisions waited for the word to load. They carried food, water, cold-weather gear, and night-vision and communications equipment in addition to a variety of weapons and ammunition....read more |
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Interviews with Tengiz Sigua
and Jaba Ioseliani By Dodge Billingsley The Harriman Review, December 2001 |
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Interview with Chechen Foreign
Minister Ilias Akhmadov By Dodge Billingsley Harriman Review, March 2000 |
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Casus Belli For The Caucasus By Dodge Billingsley Jane's Intelligence Review, 1999 |
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Truce
in Western Georgia Means Nothing By Dodge Billingsley Jane's Intelligence Review, 1998 |
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The Georgian Security Dilemma
and Military Failure in Abkhazia By Dodge Billingsley Harriman Review, 1998 |
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EW in Latin America By Dodge Billingsley Journal of Electronic Defense, 1998 |
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Caucasian Confederates By Dodge Billingsley Jane's Intelligence Review, 1997 |
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Georgian-Abkhazian Security
Issues By Dodge Billingsley Jane's Intelligence Review, February 1996 |
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Abkhazia: The Three Way War By Dodge Billingsley War Studies Journal (London), Autumn 1995 |
