Major Charles Anderson, in this first of two interviews, talks about his deployment as the personnel officer (S1) of the 489th Civil Affairs (CA) Battalion to Afghanistan from March through November 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He...
Major Charles Anderson, in this second of two interviews, discusses his deployment as a civil affairs (CA) team chief to Baghdad, Iraq, initially with 1st Battalion, 37th Armor through 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Anderson had been...
In April 2003, the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) reached the approaches of Baghdad, Iraq, after a record-breaking march from the Kuwaiti border. To test the strength of Iraqi defenses in the capital, 2nd BCT conducted an...