| https://excalidraw.com/#json=I7Hn9D2ReZ92POGWas9nS,pzGh4jWnJEHEtcaeR9d1Hw |
Deployment Timeline Whiteboard |
| https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/la-guard-unit-s-role-changes-since-9-11/article_b04a50fd-a933-5dfa-9776-bf8fc9fc2f8f.html |
Talks a bit about the Guard pre-post 9/11 and the 2004 and 2010 deployment. Written 2013. |
| https://www.cfr.org/timeline/iraq-war |
Iraq War timeline and general resource. |
| https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/BetweenTheRivers_McGrath.pdf |
Combat Actions in Iraq 2003-2005. |
| https://media.defense.gov/2023/May/05/2003216672/-1/-1/0/3667.PDF |
US Army Iraq War general background - Maps very useful. |
| https://www.history.army.mil/html/books/058/58-3/CMH_Pub_58-3.jpg |
Coalition force map. |
| https://ahec.armywarcollege.edu/CENTCOM-IRAQ-papers/index.cfm |
CENTCOM Iraq papers. |
| https://ahec.armywarcollege.edu/CENTCOM-IRAQ-papers/0959.%20Concept%20for%20OIF%202%205%20Rotation%20June%20August%202004.pdf |
Force Rotation Concepts including OIF3, transition to Iraqi “local control”. |
| https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/iraq.html |
Maps Resources. |
| The Fighting 69th: One Remarkable National Guard Unit's Journey from Ground Zero to Baghdad |
NYANG deployment at the same time. |
| Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS |
Rise of ISIS can be traced to the first days of the Iraq War - tertiary resource. |
| https://battlearchives.com/collections/iraq |
More Maps, battle focused. |
| https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1810/tigers-arrive-prepare-take-baghdad-missions |
Arrival, some images. Sets date arrived in Baghdad Nov 4th. |
| https://www.dvidshub.net/news/1512/256-soldiers-256th-brigade-take-extension-oath-iraq |
Extension oaths April 2005. |
| https://www.houmatoday.com/story/news/2005/08/19/local-soldiers-will-be-welcomed-home-this-fall/26839952007/ |
Return home [written pre Katrina]. |
| https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/nation-world/2005/09/10/national-guardsmen-return-home-from/50317532007/ |
Return home [post Katrina]. |
| https://militaryhistory.fandom.com/wiki/256th_Infantry_Brigade_Combat_Team_(United_States)#Operation_Iraqi_Freedom_III,_2004%E2%80%932005 |
General 256th structure OIF III. |
| https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/256th-brigade-combat-team.html?sortBy=relevant |
256BCT Photos. |
| https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9245073 |
Begin leaving Kuwait. |
| https://static.dvidshub.net/media/pubs/pdf_0200.pdf |
“Tiger Tracks” 1 Mar 2005. |
| https://www.nationalguard.mil/Portals/31/Features/katrina/pdf/katrina_report_2005.pdf |
NG on Gulf Coast 2005. |
| https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna8797486 |
Georgia brigade - mentions 256 deaths in Jan 2005. |
| https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_orbat_041226.htm |
US OOB OIFIII. |
| https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/256in-bde.htm |
256 BCT. |
| https://www.stripes.com/migration/tiger-brigade-gears-up-for-3rd-rotation-1.25532 |
256 in Kuwait. |
| https://static.dvidshub.net/media/pubs/pdf_0195.pdf |
“Tiger Tracks” Jan 15 2005. |
| https://static.dvidshub.net/media/pubs/pdf_0136.pdf |
Scimitar 28 Feb 2005 - Mardi Gras. |
| https://myfallensoldiers.com/2005/03/26/godbolt-lee-mylesarmy-sergeant/ |
SGT Lee Myles Godbolt entry. |
| https://static.dvidshub.net/media/pubs/pdf_0200.pdf |
Nappier quote 1 March 2005 . |
| https://www.stripes.com/migration/tested-under-fire-tiger-brigade-members-earn-cib-in-only-a-few-weeks-in-iraq-1.27192 |
256th earns CIB early - mentions artillerymen get no such award [CAB not I/E until 2 May 2005]. |
| https://www.dvidshub.net/news/2884/1st-brigade-10th-mountain-division-arrives-iraq |
1-10Mtn arrives to begin replacing 256th 1 Sep 2005. |
| https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/Estes%20Into%20the%20Fray%20Boards_Det%20One%20copy.pdf |
Second Battle of Fallujah doc. |
| https://www.tdtnews.com/archive/article_44606a20-017a-5a21-a820-9d8afc86a1ee.html |
256 at Hood. |
| https://www.kplctv.com/story/1870095/national-guard-ready-for-mobilization/ |
256 depart for Hood [rough]. |
| https://medium.com/war-is-boring/army-reservists-mutinied-twice-in-recent-history-56c2f301e2c2 |
256 members AWOL 1991. |
| https://www.wafb.com/story/2706092/first-la-national-guard-injury/ |
First 256 injury. |
| Tigers of the Tigris Mark Kerry |
Advisor to Iraqi Army 256. Out of Print. |
| https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/09/how-the-iraq-war-set-the-stage-for-the-hurricane-katrina-disaster.html |
How the Iraq set up Katrina. |
| Naked in Baghdad: The Iraq War and the Aftermath as Seen by NPR's Correspondent Anne Garrels |
Reporter during and immediately after the Invasion of Iraq 2003. |
| Attention Servicemember Ben Brody |
Visuals and Photographs from Iraq/Afghanistan. |
