Accession Number:

ADA576457

Title:

Discussion Material for Small Unit Leaders: Issues of Battlefield Ethics and Leadership

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

MARINE CORPS UNIV QUANTICO VA LEJEUNE LEADERSHIP INST

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

2008-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

135.0

Abstract:

During the fall of 2005, units of I Marine Expeditionary Force I MEF were assigned responsibility for stability operations in Iraqs al-Anbar province and the Euphrates River Valley towns of Ramadi, Fallujah, Hit, and Haditha. The I MEF Marines were there to protect the Iraqi citizens against a complex mix of insurgent groups consisting of Saddam Husseins former regime elements, foreign fighters traveling the Euphrates River Valley from Syria, and the Jordanian-born Al Qaeda in Iraq AQI leader Abu Musab al- Zarqawi. A Rifle Company from Camp Pendleton operated from a Forward Operating Base FOB together with the other companies from their parent battalion.

Descriptors:

• *ETHICS
• *IRAQ
• *MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL
• *MILITARY OPERATIONS
• BATTALION LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS
• BATTLEFIELDS
• COMPANY LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS
• FACILITIES
• FOREIGN
• FORWARD AREAS
• INSURGENCY
• LEADERSHIP
• MATERIALS
• RIFLES
• RIVERS
• STABILITY
• SUPERVISORS

Subject Categories:

• Humanities and History
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE