An experienced combat veteran contends that brave troops have too often been victimized by inept staff leadership. As a "spokesman" for such troops, he urges that the most exacting standards be made to determine appointment of staff officers, too...
MAJ Dale DeStefano served as the brigade supply officer (S4) with the 504th Military Intelligence (MI) brigade during 2006 and 2007 at Victory Base Complex (VBC), Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this first of two...
MAJ Dale DeStefano served as the brigade supply officer (S4) for the newly designated 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (BfSB), formerly the 504th Military Intelligence (MI) brigade, during 2008 and 2009 at Contingency Operating Site (COS)...
In this interview, MAJ Rebecca Hazelett, US Army, talks about her deployment to Kuwait as a Detachment Commander in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Hazelett discusses her movement over and the reception into Japan and the challenges...
In this interview, MAJ Rebecca Hazelett, US Army, talks about her deployment to Baghdad, Iraq as a Company Commander in 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Hazelett discusses her first reaction to arriving in theater and what a typical...
In this interview, LCDR Anant Patel, US Navy, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Executive Officer of the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion in October 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. LCDR Patel discusses his personal experience...
In this interview, MAJ Jason Avery, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in January 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Avery discusses his personal experience with patrolling Iraqi Police Stations and the...
In this interview, MAJ Andrew Yoder, US Army, Engineer, talks about his deployment to Baghdad, Iraq as a Company Commander and FOB Loyalty Mayor, in November 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Yoder discusses his personal experience...
In this interview, MAJ Tracie Henry-Neill, US Army, Engineer, talks about her deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Henry-Neill discusses her personal experience with her first reaction to...
In this interview, MAJ Foy (Steven) Walden, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in January 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Walden discusses his personal experience with the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF)...
In this interview, MAJ Michael Votca, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in July 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Votca discusses the Iraqi elections and the challenges he had to overcome from his...
In this interview, MAJ Cecil Stewart, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Battle Captain in February 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Stewart discusses his personal experience with being in direct line of fire and his...
In this interview, MAJ Jade Hinman, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as an Tank Company Commander in 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Hinman describes a typical day in theater and discusses some incidents he experienced...
In this interview, MAJ Jade Hinman, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as part of the Military Training Team (MiTT) in 2007. MAJ Hinman discusses his reasoning for volunteering to deploy, how he was able to boost morale as leader and...
In this interview, MAJ Daniel Palmer, US Army, Field Artillery, discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as a Deputy J3 Plans Officer in 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Palmer discusses his personal view of the situation...
CPT Raychad Vannatta served as company commander of Bravo Company, 1-137th Aviation Regiment at Joint Base Balad (JBB), Iraq during 2008 and 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this December 2009 interview, CPT Vannatta discusses...