Measured in blood and treasure, the war in Iraq has achieved the status of a major war and a major debacle. As of fall 2007, this conflict has cost the United States over 3,800 dead and over 28,000 wounded. Allied casualties accounted for another...
Shulimson, Jack; Renfrow, Wanda J.; Kelly, David E.; Englander Evelyn A.
The modem Marine Corps owes its genesis to the Spanish-American War when the United States entered the world stage. In this the 100th anniversary year of the war with Spain, the History and Museums Division decided upon a new publication about the...
From November 2001 through July 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major Kevin Lovell commanded Bravo Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion (Combat Heavy), a position from which he planned, prepared and supervised construction of...
Major Shane Celeen, Armor Branch, deployed his company - Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor (2-70), part of 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kansas - after a six-month trainup in March 2003. New to the company, his unit had...
Deploying initially with the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron in January 2002 in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (then later re-task organized under the 40th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron), Major Mike Adderley served as a B-52 aircraft...
As CNN's senior Baghdad correspondent, Jane Arraf was embedded with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment (Task Force 2-2) during that unit's participation in Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr): the November 2004 combined-joint assault...
Major Rich Lencz served on an embedded training team (ETT) as the advisor to the S3 and the commander of 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 203rd Corps, then later 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 203rd Corps, in Paktika Province in support of Operation...
From February 2004 through January 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Jim Carlson served as the assistant S5 with the 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne) and, in this capacity, was tasked with helping stand up the Iraqi Highway...
Major Joseph Chestnut was the leader of a 120-man task force serving as a tactical human intelligence team in Kirkuk and Tuz, Iraq, from December 2003 through February 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about...
From January to December 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Mark Susnis served on a military transition team (MiTT) assigned to the 9th Mechanized Iraqi Army Division and worked initially as the G1/G4 advisor and then later as the...
From February 2006 through January 2007 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major Ira Smith served as the 10th Mountain Division's foreign disclosure officer. In this interview, he discusses his principal responsibility of...
From February through July 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Ayo Lawson served as a plans officer with the 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade. In this interview, he discusses his wartime support to the V Corps ADA element, his...
Major Brian Ellis served as an HHB commander with 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from February 2004 until February 2005. In this interview, he discusses the battalion's predeployment training at the...
Major Doug Hayes served on a military transition team (MiTT) as a maneuver advisor and the field artillery and effects advisor for 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from April 2007 until March 2008. Hayes...
Major Elvis Coronado served as an effects battle captain in the tactical operations center of 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division in Samarra, Iraq, from November 2003 through November 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he...
A former presidential correspondence writer in the White House of President George W. Bush while serving in the US Army Reserves, Major Matthew Yandura spent his 2003-2004 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom initially as a plans...
At the time of this interview, Major Timothy Payment was a veteran of two deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the first in 2003 as commander of Bravo Company, 2-6 Infantry, during which they were given a portion of southeast Baghdad...
Major Michael Mineni served as an operations officer for Multinational Force-Northwest and as the liaison officer to the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq in Irbil Province in the Mosul area from January 2005 through January 2006 in support...
Major Issac Gipson commanded Bravo Battery, 6th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery in Kuwait and Baghdad, Iraq, from January through June 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about his battery's ever-changing...
In this interview with 7th Special Forces Group member Major Richard F. (whose last name was withheld at his request), he discusses being in Special Forces training on 9/11 and the immediate aftermath, the value of said training, how his group’s...