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Interview with SFC James Prosser

出版	Combat Studies Institute, 2006
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=RoeBYgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Sergeant First Class James Prosser deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from 12 May 2003 until 9 June 2004 with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2-37 Armor Battalion out of Freiburg, Germany, part of the 1st Armored Division. His unit relieved an armor battalion from the 3rd Infantry Division and operated primarily out of the Ministry of Oil in Baghdad. Prosser's area of expertise has been in the medical field for all 19 years of his Army service, but rather than being more actively utilized to help with Iraqi medical facilities, he was tasked mostly with providing force protection via internal access and security of the Ministry of Oil. He and his unit were responsible for the daily searching of 2,532 multiple-ministry employees. However, he does discuss responding to several medical incidents including the NATO building bombing of August 2003 and participating in medical civil action programs. His initial perception of his unit's mission was that it would be more proactive with helping in the medical arena, but this turned out to be incorrect and resulted in significantly lower troop morale. Prosser discusses things that were done that improved the morale problem. While discussing possible ways to get the younger soldiers to be more receptive to cultural training, he says that, "Once you get over there, you have to be aware of everything that's going on around you and you can't have room for bias because these people are not all bad. That's what I used to tell my soldiers. There are a lot of good people in this country that mean well." Prosser concludes his interview with recommendations for additional training and recognizes that the US Army has made a start in the right direction with the recent changes at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California.