In this interview, MAJ John Newman, US Army, Infantry; discusses his deployment to Iraq as a company commander in 2007 through 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Newman discusses his pre-deployment training and his immediate...
From March to September 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major John Polidoro, US Marine Corps, served as executive officer of the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, and was based at Camp Korean Village...
In this second of two interviews reference his Operation Iraqi Freedom experiences - the first one covering his March to September 2005 deployment - Major John Polidoro, US Marine Corps, discusses his August 2006 through March 2007 tour as, again,...
MAJ John Shaw served as a battle captain with the 709th Military Police (MP) Battalion in Karbala, an Najaf and Baghdad, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 and as a Brigade Combat Team (BCT) Provost Marshall (PM) at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Kalzu during...
From January to June 2004, Major John V. Smith worked for the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and served as the senior health facility advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Health, responsible for helping the Iraqis rebuild their healthcare system...
Major John Walton commanded Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry around Iskandariyah, Habbaniyah and Fallujah, Iraq from September 2003 through September 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. As he explains in this first of two...
MAJ Jon Myers served as the assistant operations officer (S3) with the 503rd Military Police (MP) Battalion in Mosul, Iraq during 2003 and 2004, as company commander of the 118th MP Company, Airborne in Babel Province, Iraq during 2004 and 2005,...
MAJ Jon Pendell served as an information operations officer with 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (ID) Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) in Mosul, Iraq during 2004 and 2005 and as the regimental S7 and Public Affairs Officer (PAO) for 2 Stryker...
MAJ Jonathan Holland served as the brigade personnel officer (S1) with the 45th Sustainment Brigade at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Qayyarah West during 2006 and 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this March 2010 interview, MAJ...
An Army reservist with the 85th Division (Training Support), Major Jose Lopez was mobilized and deployed to Iraq in 2004 as part of the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II. Initially, he was a member...
Major Jose Martinez, a quartermaster officer, deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom in April 2003 as the commander of the 202nd Quartermaster Detachment (Water Purification) of the 559thQuartermaster Battalion-the only active duty water purification...
Major Jose Martinez, a quartermaster officer, deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom in April 2003 as the commander of the 202nd Quartermaster Detachment (Water Purification) of the 559thQuartermaster Battalion-the only active duty water purification...
From October 2006 through October 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Joseph Chestnut served as the intelligence advisor and executive officer of a military transition team (MiTT), assigned initially to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 8th...
In this second of two interviews, Major Joseph Edwards talks about commanding Forward Support Company, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery in Ba’qubah, Iraq, from January 2005 through January 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He...
In this interview, Major Joseph Giusti, artillery officer with the 101st Airborne Division, talks about his deployment to Kirkuk in Iraq as the Company Commander of HHB, 2nd Battalion, 320th Artillery in September 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi...
"My first experience with the Global War on Terrorism," said Major Joseph T. Irwin Jr., "was September 11, 2001. I was at Fort Meade, Maryland, with the 5th Brigade, 78th Division (Training Support) and our mission was to provide military support...
MAJ Josh Gillen served as the headquarters and headquarters company (HHC) commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Signal Battalion in Bagram, Afghanistan during 2007 and 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In the second of two February...
MAJ Juan Nava served as the joint intelligence officer and joint operations officer on a transition team during 2005 and 2006 at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Loyalty in Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this August 2009...
In this interview, MAJ Judd Young, US Army, Military Police (MP); discusses his deployments to Afghanistan as the operations officer (S3) in the 759th MP Battalion from 2009 to 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Young...
In this interview, MAJ Karen Baker, US Army, Logistics, discusses her deployment to Iraq as a Forward Support Company Commander in 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Baker discusses what her responsibilities were and talks about...