From September 2006 through December 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, his second tour in Iraq, Major Michael FitzPatrick served as the provost marshal for 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division in Baghdad. In this interview, he...
In this three-part interview, Lieutenant Colonel Scott “Soup” Campbell, United States Air Force, talks mainly about his support of March 2002’s Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan in his capacity as an A-10 flight commander and the chief of...
From January 2007 through April 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major David Pasquale served as commander Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery (Airborne) and then the fire support officer for the 508th...
In this first of two interviews, Major Bill Breeze, from the California National Guard (NG), talks about commanding D Company, 1st Battalion, 140th Aviation in Bagram, Afghanistan from August 2003 through May 2004 in support of Operation Enduring...
In this first of two interviews, Major Sean Williams talks about serving as the fire support officer for 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group in Irbil and Mosul, Iraq from March through June 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He...
Major Ryan Morgan commanded Charlie Company, then Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment from Kuwait to Mosul, Iraq from February 2003 through March 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this...
In this first of two interviews, Major Darien Baisley talks about serving as a budget analyst and Commander’s Emergency Response Program manager for Multinational Corps-Iraq at Camp Victory, Iraq from November 2004 through May 2005 in support of...
The operations officer for 44th Engineer Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel James Raymer deployed with 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division in August 2004 for a yearlong tour in Ramadi in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, during which the unit worked...
In this first of two interviews, Major Dave Waters talks about commanding Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 327th Infantry from Kuwait north through Iraq to Baghdad and Mosul from February through June 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He...
From August 2003 through August 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major J.C. White served as commander of Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 82nd Airborne Division. In this interview, he discusses...
From January through August 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Steve Wood served as the logistics officer for 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry, part of 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division. In this two-part interview, he discusses his...
In this interview, Major Randall Risher, US Marine Corps, talks about his deployment to Nasiriyah and Baghdad in Iraq as a logistics officer in support of 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines in January 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Risher...
In the third of three interviews, MAJ Bill Dougherty discusses his second deployment to Iraq in April of 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Dougherty talks about the differences in his two deployments to Iraq, the deficiencies in...
Roughly six months after assuming command of 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel James Rainey led his unit into Operation Phantom Fury, the November 2004 combined-joint assault to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah. Attached to...
SGT Lyle E. Stuffel served as a 13F forward observer with the 3rd Battalion, 139th Field Artillery, E Target Acquisition Battery out of FOB Speicher and FOB Summerall during 2004 and 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this...
In this interview, Major Phillip Kiniery, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in August 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Kiniery discusses his experience with the pre-deployment training and also...
MAJ Lamont Bryant served as a field artillery officer with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery, 212th Field Artillery Brigade during 2005 and 2006 in the International Zone (IZ), Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In...
From April 2002 through August 2003, Major Darryl Rupp served as the division artillery (DIVARTY) intelligence officer for 3rd Infantry Division and, in this capacity, was involved in the DIVARTY-specific planning, at both home station and in...
Captain Derek Carlson, U.S. Army, commanded the Headquarters 202nd Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion in his tour of Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. In this interview, CPT Carlson discusses the challenges of setting up Field Office...
MAJ John Cherry served as the operations officer (S3) with the 2-395th Field Artillery (FA) battalion during 2004 and 2005 at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this October 2008 interview, MAJ...