As an Active Component, Reserve Component team chief based at Fort Stewart, Georgia, Major Richard Mohr oversaw the training mainly of National Guard units that were preparing to deploy in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Specializing in...
From September 2007 through May 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Rob Young served as the G3 chief of future operations with Multinational Division-North (MND-N) in Tikrit, Iraq, which was the 1st Armored Division. He was...
MAJ Ed Vedder deployed to Iraq in support of OIF from August 2007 until December 2008 to COB Speicher, Iraq. MAJ Vedder, an attack helicopter pilot, deployed initially as the XO for 1-1 Attack and halfway through the deployment was sent to Fort...
MAJ Matthew McGrew served as team chief on a military transition team (MiTT) advising the 46th Iraqi Army (IA) Brigade during 2008 and 2009 in Kirkuk, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In his second interview in February 2010, MAJ...
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...
A U.S. Army reservist and, at the time of 9/11, an assistant district attorney in Clarksville, Tennessee, Major Lance Baker deployed to Karshi-Kanabad, Uzbekistan, then later Bagram, Afghanistan, with the 10th Mountain Division from December 2001...
During Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr) in November 2004, Major Erik Krivda served as the executive officer for Task Force 2-2 and, in this interview, provides a wealth of details and insights into the planning, scheme of maneuver, task...
In this interview MAJ Mills discusses his deployment to OIF in 2004 as the S2 for 2-7 CAV, 3rd BCT. MAJ Mills goes through the processes that he and his S2 section went through in order to prepare for deployment, deploy, and successfully maintain...
MAJ Gary Joe Pruiett served as the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Arabian Peninsula (CJSOTF-AP) Secretary of the Joint Staff (SJS) in Balad, Iraq during 2990 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this January 2010...
MAJ Travis Habhab served as an Apache pilot in Taji, Iraq during 2004 and 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this February 2010 interview, MAJ Habhab discusses his unit's role in reconnaissance missions and convoy security, his...
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...
MAJ Don Crawford served on a transition team (TT) working with the Iraqi National Police (INP) in Baghdad, Iraq during 2008 and 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this March 2010 interview, MAJ Crawford discusses the challenges...
MAJ Richard Dunn served as the assistant intelligence officer (S2) and G2 liaison officer (LNO) with 1st Armor, 1st Brigade in Baghdad, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this April 2010 interview, MAJ Dunn...
MAJ James Doty served as an intelligence advisor with the Office of the Program Manager - Saudi Arabia National Guard (OPM-SANG) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia during 2008 and 2009. In this April 2010 interview, MAJ Doty discusses the nature of the...
In January 2005, Major Paul Reese deployed to Iraq as the executive officer of 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment - part of the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade - and roughly halfway through his yearlong tour he became the operations officer for...
MAJ James Kassler served as a personnel mentor and liaison officer (LNO) with a military transition team (MiTT) supporting the Regional Corps Advisory Command (RCAC) under Task Force Phoenix in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan during 2008 and 2009 in...
In this interview, MAJ John Rogan, US Army, Military Intelligence, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Brigade S2 Support Officer in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Rogan describes his major responsibilities he had while in...
Lieutenant Megan Eldred mobilized in May 2006 as a cross-level filler for the 38th Division Support Command (DISCOM), Indiana Army National Guard, which deployed to Camp Liberty, Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Despite her...
MAJ Stephen Dondero served as the division supply officer (G4) with Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) 82nd Airborne Division in As Samawah and An Najaf, Iraq during 2002 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this April 2010...
In this interview, MAJ Stephen Sexton, US Army, Chaplain, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Battalion Chaplain in 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Sexton describes how his mission in mentoring his unit and how he was able...