This is the story of the American Army and its Soldiers during a critical period of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM-the 18 months following the topping of the Saddam Hussein regime in April 2003. "On Point II: Transition to the New Campaign" provides a contemporary historical account of the United States Army in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM from May 2003 through the Iraqi elections of January 2005. As its title indicates, the book depicts the transition of the Army from conventional combat to full spectrum operations in support of building a new, free Iraq. "On Point II" is a comprehensive, balanced, and honest account of the Army's role in this particularly significant period in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. It is neither triumphant nor defeatist. "On Point II" provides Soldiers and other military professionals with a means to understand important and relevant lessons from the Army's recent operational experience. The story of the Army in this period of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM is one filled with many transitions, with many successes, and with significant challenges.

Includes maps of: Iraq; Maneuver of V Corps, 1st MEF, CJSOTF-West, and CJSOTF-North; General Scheme of Maneuver of V Corps (Western Axis) and 1st MEF (Eastern Axis) toward Baghdad; CFLCC Initial Battlespace for PH IV Operations; Operation Peninsula Strike; Staging 2nd BCT, 1st AD to Strike Al Kut, 7 April 2004; Envelopment by Team Dealer, 8 April 2004; CJTF-7 Operational Maneuver, 4-15 April 2004; Operation Baton Rouge, Phase III, H-hour to 011700C; Phase IV, 030800C-032300COCT04; Phase I, Shaping; Phase II, Enhanced Shaping; Phase IIIA; RCT-1/TF 2-7, 8-10 November 2004; Location of Iraqi Army Units, 2005; Theater Structure, 2003-2005; Unit Areas of Responsibility, 2004-2005. Title from title screen (viewed on June 30, 2008). "First printing, June 2008." Shipping list no. unavailable. Shipping list no.: 2008-0410-P. Paper copy for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. Arabic collection.

Foreword -- Introduction -- Prologue / Part I. Setting the stage. Overview of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM: May 2003 to January 2005 -- The US Army's historical legacy of military operations other than war and the planning for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM -- The rise of the Iraqi insurgency and the US Army's response / Part II. Transition to a new campaign. Leading the new campaign: transitions in command and control in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM -- Intelligence and high-value target operations -- Detainee operations -- Fighting the battle of ideas in Iraq -- Combined arms operations in Iraq / Part III. Toward the objective: building a new Iraq. The US Army and the reconstruction of Iraq -- A country united, stable, and free: US Army governance operations in Iraq -- Training the Iraqi security forces / Part IV. Sustaining the campaign. Logistics and combat service support operations -- Taking care of soldiers / Part V. Conclusion. Implications / Appendix A: coalition provisional authority order number 1, de-Baathification of Iraqi society -- Appendix B: coalition provisional authority order number 2, dissolution of entities -- Appendix C: unit areas of responsibility, 2003-2004 -- Appendix D: theater structure, 2003-2005 -- Appendix E: unit areas of responsibility, 2004-2005 -- Appendix F: US Army in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM order of battle: May 2003-January 2005 -- Appendix G: chronology, Operation IRAQI FREEDOM major events, September 2001 to January 2005.