{"product_id":"2940149100323","title":"Iroquois Warriors in Iraq","description":"The role of the Organized Reserves in the history of the US Army has\u003cbr\u003etaken many twists and turns since the nation’s founding. The organization\u003cbr\u003eand missions of the Army’s reserves, both the National Guard and the Army\u003cbr\u003eReserve, are once again undergoing fundamental change to meet the needs\u003cbr\u003eof the 21st century. In Iroquois Warriors in Iraq, Mr. Steve Clay analyzes\u003cbr\u003ethe role played by the “Iroquois Warriors” of the US Army Reserve’s 98th\u003cbr\u003eDivision (Institutional Training). In an unprecedented move, the soldiers\u003cbr\u003eof the 98th were called on in mid-2004 to deploy to Iraq and to fulfill a\u003cbr\u003ecritical role in the building, training, and advising of the new Iraqi Army.\u003cbr\u003ePrior to 2004, a US Army Reserve institutional training division had\u003cbr\u003enever deployed overseas to a theater of operations, nor were they designed\u003cbr\u003eto function as unit trainers and combat advisors. The author highlights the\u003cbr\u003echallenges faced by the 98th Division as it trained for and deployed to\u003cbr\u003eIraq for this unusual mission. Among those challenges were how to train\u003cbr\u003eand prepare for the mission, who to send, how to integrate reservists into\u003cbr\u003ethe new Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq (MNSTC-I),\u003cbr\u003eand whether to deploy the 98th as a unit or as a collection of individual\u003cbr\u003esoldiers.\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the turbulent period of 2004 and 2005 in Iraq, the soldiers\u003cbr\u003eof the 98th Division added to the proud legacy of the US Army Reserve.\u003cbr\u003eIroquois Warriors in Iraq tells the story of the history of the 98th Division\u003cbr\u003e(IT), it is a compelling narrative of the earliest phases of the Army’s efforts\u003cbr\u003eto build the Iraqi armed forces, and it offers a number of key insights for\u003cbr\u003ethe Army as it conducts the Long War.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108973887728,"sku":"2940149100323","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149100323_p0.jpg?v=1763712008","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149100323","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}