An aircraft commander with VMGR-252, a Marine Corps KC-130 air refueler/air assault squadron - part of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Special Operations Capable and what became Task Force 58 in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM - Major Mitchell...
US Air Force Major Jasen Beckman served as an aircraft commander of a B-1B Lancer during 2006-2007 and 2008-2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this February 2010 interview, MAJ Beckman...
MAJ Jeffrey McCartney served as the chief of strength reporting during 2007 and 2008 and as personnel officer (S1) in charge of strength management during 2008 and 2009 at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and...
MAJ McEvilly deployed as the S1 for the 38th Division Support Command (DISCOM) to Camp Victory (Baghdad) Iraq from July 2007 to July 2007. He describes the pre-mobilization training for his unit, noting that the training in summer 2006 was well...
MAJ Schwaiger provides many detailed vignettes about his experiences while working as the mayor of the Jalalabad, Afghanistan Forward Operating Base (FOB). He discusses in detail the planning and coordination needed to support the surge in forces...
In this interview, MAJ Eric Halstrom, US Army, Aviation, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Halstrom describes a typical day, his experience with flying in country and...
MAJ Jane Sander served as a company commander with the 51st Signal Battalion in Baghdad and Camp Babylon, Iraq during 203 and 2004, volunteered to help field the Combat Survivor Evader Locater (CSEL) radio out of Logistical Support Area (LSA)...
CH (MAJ) Geoffrey Bailey served as the battalion chaplain with the 2-43rd Air Defense Artillery (ADA) in Jalibah, Iraq during 2003 and as the Combat Support Hospital (CSH) chaplain with the 86th CSH in Mosul, Iraq during 2007 through 2009 in...
In this interview MAJ Cassandra Mims, a Medical Service Corps officer, discusses her 2005-2006 deployment to Qatar in support of the Global War on Terror (GWOT). MAJ Mims was the company commander for the 418th Medical Logistics (Med Log) Company...
In this interview MAJ Spring Kivett discusses her 2007 deployment to Iraq with the 3rd Infantry Division (ID) as part of the surge. Initially slated to deploy as the Information Operations (IO) plans officer MAJ Kivett was given the unique...
In this interview, Maj Samuel Jobe, US Air Force, Air Mobility Command; discusses his mission to Iraq as a pilot in 2007 through 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Maj Jobe discusses a typical...
In this interview, MAJ Patrick Wade, US Army, Aviation; discusses his deployment to Iraq as the aviation squadron operations officer in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Wade discusses a typical day in theater and...
In this interview, MAJ Michael Adorjan, US Army, Special Forces; discusses his deployment to Iraq, Africa as the personnel officer (S3) in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Adorjan discusses a typical day in...
MAJ Andy Nuce served as Alpha Company commander with the 172nd Medical Logistics (MEDLOG) Battalion in Balad, Iraq and as the brigade property book officer (PBO) with the 30th Medical Brigade in Baghdad, Iraq during 2003, and as Alpha Company...
MAJ James Sturm served as company commander of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in Iskandiriyah, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 and as executive officer (XO) on a Stability Transition Team (STT) in Baghdad, Iraq during 2010 both in support...
In this interview, LTC John Seprodi relates his experiences as the commander of the 138th Financial Management Company (FMCO) deployed to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) from June 2010 to May 2011. In the opening...
From October 2003 to April 2004, Major Douglas Schenck worked in the J5 at U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. In his duty position as ground operations officer, Schenck dealt directly with Pacific Rim countries, such...
During her March 2003 to March 2004 deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM as part of Combined Joint Task Force-76, Major Deitra Korando - an intelligence officer with the 25th Infantry Division - served initially as a battle major in...
Major Thomas Clinton Jr., US Marine Corps, deployed to Afghanistan in April 2004 to lead a 13-man embedded training team assigned to coach, teach and mentor the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Afghan National Army Brigade, which was considered a commando...
Ambassador James Dobbins is currently director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation. Previously, he served as assistant secretary of state for Europe; special assistant to the president for the Western...