During his 2003-04 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Luis Oakley Jr. served initially as the intelligence officer for the 159th Aviation Brigade and then, in country, took over command of Delta Company, 311th Military...
From July 2005 through July 2006, Major Alan Reilein served as a project manager with the Transatlantic Program Center, US Army Corps of Engineers, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Instead of completing a typical predeployment training...
From January to July 2006, Major Beth Behn served as the terrain manager for the Victory Base Complex as part of the Directorate of Public Works in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. She worked for the 17th Field Artillery Brigade, which was...
From April 2007 to March 2008, Major Jason Montgomery served as the maneuver advisor for a military transition team (MiTT) assigned to the 9th Iraqi Army Division headquarters in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Montgomery was notified of this...
Major Joe Escandon served initially as the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment supply officer and then commander of Charlie Company in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from March 2003 through January 2004. In this two-part interview,...
Brigadier General Peter J. Palmer served in a variety of different roles as the chief of plans for Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) in Baghdad, Iraq, from March 2004 through June 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He begins by describing...
At the time of this interview, Major Hans-Jorg Dochtermann was a veteran of two deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the first from January to July 2003 as the battalion fire support officer for 3-7 Infantry, part of 1st Brigade...
In this third of three interviews, Major Mark Christensen talks about commanding Echo Company, 97th Civil Affairs Battalion in Taji and Baghdad, Iraq, from April through September 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses the influx...
During his 2003-2004 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Chaplain (Major) Ken LeBon served as chaplain for the 37th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne), operationally controlled by the 101st Airborne Division, and operating in...
Lieutenant Colonel Mark Crisman served as the intelligence officer for 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Iraq in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this email correspondence interview, he talks about detainee holding areas at the...
Major Brad Johnson served as the intelligence officer for 1st Battalion, 13th Armor in Iraq from March through August 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this email correspondence interview, he discusses American jurisdiction over...
In this first of two interviews, Major Brian Russell, US Marine Corps, talks about commanding a military transition team in Anbar Province from December 2006 through December 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi freedom. He discusses how the...
Chief Warrant Officer-5 Robert Ferguson served as chief of the human intelligence analysis cell for 1st Armored Division in Baghdad in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this interview, he talks about manning for the cell, his...
Major Craig Martin served as the intelligence officer for 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry and the assistant operations officer for the 501st Military Intelligence Battalion in Baghdad from April through December 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi...
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Kenneth Kilbourne served as the officer in charge of the tactical human intelligence (HUMINT) section of Alpha Company, 501st Military Intelligence Battalion, in Iraq in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this...
Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Hoepner served as the operations officer for the 501st Military Intelligence Battalion in Iraq from June 2003 through July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this email correspondence interview, he talks about...
Lieutenant Colonel Russell Godsil served as the intelligence officer for 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Baghdad, Iraq, from June 2003 through July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about how the brigade's...
Captain Nicole Lauenstein served as the officer-in-charge of the human intelligence operations cell (HOC) for the 501st Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion and as an operations platoon leader for Charlie Company, 501st MI Battalion in Iraq from...
Captain Scott Linker served as the executive officer for Delta Company, 501st Military Intelligence Battalion and the intelligence officer for 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry in Iraq from May 2003 through July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom....
Lieutenant Colonel Larry Wilson served as the intelligence officer for 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Iraq from August 2003 through August 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about the different units which...