In this interview MAJ Roy Saravia discusses his 15-month deployment to Iraq in 2007 as a company commander for Echo Company, 307th Brigade Support battalion (BSB) attached to the 1-504th Infantry. His company served as the logistics element for...
In this interview, 1Lt Bernadette Collins, US Army, AG, discusses her deployment to Iraq as a Adjutant General Branch Officer in 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). 1LT Collins discusses in detail the pre-mobilization actions she and...
In this interview MAJ Keith Haskin discusses his deployment to Afghanistan with Task Force Observe Detect Identify Neutralize (ODIN) in 2009. Task Force ODIN has a reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (RSTA) and intelligence...
In support of the Global War on Terrorism, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Gibler deployed to Afghanistan from December 2001 to June 2002 as the operations officer for 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Task Force Rakkasan). Then, from October 2004...
MAJ Thomas Fuller served with the 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (SFG) in Kabul and Bagram, Afghanistan during 2002 and 2003, and with the 2nd Battalion, 20th SFG in Herat, Afghanistan during 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom...
In this interview, MAJ Sarah Marsh Read, US Army, Logistics discusses her deployment to Iraq as the division chief for plans officer in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Read discusses a typical day and her interaction with the...
In this interview, LCDR Daniel Buhr, US Navy, discusses his deployments in support of Operation Noble Anvil, Operation Shining Hope and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). LCDR Buhr compares all of his deployments and discusses his role with each...
In this interview, MAJ Andrew Ferguson, US Army, Signal, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a battle captain in 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Ferguson discusses a typical day, his interaction with the Iraqi's along with...
MAJ Sonja Bruce served as the operations officer (S3) with the 10th Sustainment Brigade at Camp Taji, Iraq during 2008 and 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this July 2010 interview, MAJ Bruce discusses the challenges of working...
In this interview, LCDR John Riley, US Navy, Aviation, discusses his deployment as an E2 Aircraft Controller in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). LCDR Riley describes a typical day and his view of the situation when entering...
In this interview, MAJ Adalberto “Bertin” Pagan, US Army, Logistics, discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as a battalion S3 in 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Pagan discusses the interaction he had with the Afghan's...
In this interview, MAJ Jason Buursma, US Army, Engineer, discusses his deployment to Iraq as an Engineer advisor for a military transition team (MiTT) in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Buursma describes how his MiTT provided...
In this interview, MAJ Michael Busby, US Army, Engineer, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a company commander in 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Busby describes some leadership challenges he faced while being stuck at the...
In this interview, MAJ Michael Matthews, US Army, Military Intelligence, discusses his operational deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan as a Intelligence Support Officer from 2005 - 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation...
In this interview, MAJ Sean McMahon, US Army, judge advocate general (JAG), discusses his operational deployment to Iraq as brigade JAG in 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ McMahon compares his four deployments and explains his...
MAJ Chris Barker served as the Joint intelligence (J2) operations officer with a Joint Special Operations Task Force (JSOTF) in Baghdad, Iraq during 2003 and the intelligence training officer and the executive officer (XO) of a Military Transition...
MAJ Thomas Whipple served as the movement control team (MCT) leader with the 53rd Transportation Brigade in Kuwait and Tallil Air Base, Iraq during 2003 and as forward support company (FSC) commander for 2-227th Aviation in Taji, Iraq during 2006...
In this interview, LTC Kozlowski compares and contrasts his experiences in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) with his earlier deployments in Stabilization Force (SFOR)-15 and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Kozlowski reflects his belief that the...
LTC Young relates his experiences with receiving a recall notification for mobilization after an 11-year stint in the Individual Ready Reserves (IRR). After his recall at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Young reported to Fort Rucker, Alabama for...
MAJ Steven Wallace served with as a platoon leader, adjutant (S1), executive officer (XO) and company commander with the 82nd Airborne Division in various areas in Afghanistan during 2002-2003 and again in 2006-2007 in support of Operation Enduring...