MAJ Mitchell Ruedebusch served as battery commander with the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) in Sadr City, Iraq during 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this February 2010 interview, MAJ Ruedebusch discusses his brief...
In this interview, CIV Penny Koger Thomas, discusses her brief role in the Army and how she supported her husband who deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Ms Thomas discusses her reaction to her husband's deployment and...
CPT Mattia Zuzzi served with the Garibaldi Brigade of the Italian Army in Nasiriyah, Iraq during 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and in Herat, Afghanistan during 2007 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this March...
MAJ McEvilly deployed as the S1 for the 38th Division Support Command (DISCOM) to Camp Victory (Baghdad) Iraq from July 2007 to July 2007. He describes the pre-mobilization training for his unit, noting that the training in summer 2006 was well...
In this interview, MAJ Benjamin Cureton, US Army, Army, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a MiTT Chief in 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Cureton describes a typical day and the interaction he had with Iraqis. MAJ Cureton...
MAJ Tom Lowman served on the V Corps staff as a future operations planner at Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq and as liaison officer (LNO) in An Najaf, Iraq during 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this March 2010 interview, MAJ...
In this interview MAJ Haskell discusses his deployment to Afghanistan in support of OEF in 2004. MAJ Haskell has deployed four times in support of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) but for him this was his crucible experience as a leader and a SF...
MAJ Curtis Perkins served as the assistant brigade logistics officer (S4) with 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division (ID) and company commander of the 1-12 Infantry in Baghdad, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 and as operations officer (S3) with 4th Brigade,...
A classics scholar, New York City district attorney and U.S. Marine Corps reservist, Colonel Matthew Bogdanos volunteered for active duty after September 11, 2001, and joined the hunt for terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq. He is, however, perhaps...
MAJ Jane Sander served as a company commander with the 51st Signal Battalion in Baghdad and Camp Babylon, Iraq during 203 and 2004, volunteered to help field the Combat Survivor Evader Locater (CSEL) radio out of Logistical Support Area (LSA)...
MAJ Stephen Dondero served as the division supply officer (G4) with Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) 82nd Airborne Division in As Samawah and An Najaf, Iraq during 2002 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this April 2010...
LCDR Julio Sanchez served as a cryptology officer with the US Navy in Iraq and Afghanistan during 2008 and 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this April 2010 interview, LCDR Sanchez discusses...
In this interview MAJ Burke discusses his voluntary deployment to Iraq from November 2004 until November 2005 as the brigade personnel officer (S1) for the 18th Aviation Brigade. MAJ Burke's task force was composed of over 3,000 active duty,...
MAJ Valero Aquino, Jr. served as the brigade signal officer (S6) with 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division in Baghdad, Iraq during 2008 and 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this May 2010 interview, MAJ Aquino discusses the...
In this interview, MAJ Barry Kimmons, US Army, Civil Affairs, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Headquarters Company Commander in 2009 in support of Operation Iraq Freedom (OIF). MAJ Kimmons describes a typical day, his mission and his role as...
In this interview MAJ Loucks discusses her deployment in support of OIF as the company commander for Alpha Company, 327th Signal Battalion, Airborne out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. MAJ Loucks describes the challenges she and her company faced...
In this interview, MAJ Bridgette Simmons, US Army, Signal Corps, discusses her deployment to Iraq as the liaison officer (LNO) of the joint operation center (JOC) in 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Simmons describes what a...
In this interview, LCDR Scott Moseman, US Navy, Intelligence, discusses his deployment to Iraq as an individual augmentee to be an operations officer in 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). LCDR Moseman describes his experience with...
CH (MAJ) Geoffrey Bailey served as the battalion chaplain with the 2-43rd Air Defense Artillery (ADA) in Jalibah, Iraq during 2003 and as the Combat Support Hospital (CSH) chaplain with the 86th CSH in Mosul, Iraq during 2007 through 2009 in...
CPT Vander Lugt, commander of A/1-52 Aviation Regiment, describes the background of his company's deployment to Iraq. He describes how his Command and Control (CAC) Company was detached from its parent General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB),...