Ms. Linda Specht volunteered for her initial danger-pay assignment in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) from the US Embassy in Cameroon, in March 2004. Her initial posting was to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. Specht, after a year...
From March 2004 through January 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Jack Midyette commanded Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB), 1st Battalion, 113th Field Artillery, part of the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina...
Major John "J.C." Nalls, an aviator, deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom in mid-2004, diverted from an assignment to the Department of the Army staff. As an individual augmentee first to the Coalition Provisional Authority then ultimately to...
Major (Chaplain) Harry "Chip" Huey redeployed to Iraq for a second tour in February 2004, less than six months after his return from Operation Iraqi Freedom I. Executing an in-country transfer from Hanau to Vilseck, Germany, Huey quickly began to...
This interview with Chaplain (Major) Roy M. Myers, a chaplain clinician, covers his deployment as part of Task Force 134, specifically with the 21st Combat Support Hospital, to Iraq from April 2006 to April 2007. He discusses the religious support...
An officer in the Australian Army, Major Jamie McDonald served as the C3 operations officer in charge of the Joint Operations Center in Multi-National Corps-Iraq (MNC-I) Headquarters from September 2004 to April 2005. Based at Camp Victory in...
Major Alan Wesenberg, US Air Force, deployed as a flight commander of a 12-aircraft air expeditionary force (AEF) element of the 492nd Fighter Squadron form March to June 2004. Flying F-15Es from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, to...
Major Carlos Platero of the El Salvadoran Army deployed to Iraq with the Cuscatlan Battalion for a six-month rotation in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. From 13 February 2005 until 23 August 2005, this battalion was a part of the Multinational...
Major Jason Curl, in this first of two interviews, talks about his command of a rifle company in 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Afghanistan and Jacobabad, Pakistan, from August 2002 through January 2003 in support of Operation...
Major John Ferrell commanded Headquarters Troop, 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry in Kuwait and Iraq in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about the deployment of his squadron from Germany to Kuwait, the relationship...
In this second of two interviews reference his Operation Iraqi Freedom experiences - the first one covering his March to September 2005 deployment - Major John Polidoro, US Marine Corps, discusses his August 2006 through March 2007 tour as, again,...
In this first of two interviews, Major Richard Feltzer discusses serving as the aviation maintenance officer for Alpha Company, 7th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment in Kuwait and Iraq from February 2003 through February 2004 in support of...
Major Richard Feltzer, in this second of two interviews, discusses commanding Alpha Company, 7th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment in Tikrit, Iraq, from September 2005 through October 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He talks about the...
From March 2004 through March 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Chris Baer commanded the 369th Transportation Company, US Army Reserve - a palletized load system (PLS) unit based in Wichita, Kansas, that ended up being cross-leveled...
Major Jay Haley deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2004 as the Alpha Company commander in the 312th Military Intelligence Battalion as direct support to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. Approximately halfway...
Major Jeff Schrick deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003 as commander of G Troop, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, XVIII Airborne Corps, out of Fort Polk, Louisiana. He deployed his unit on four days notice on 27 C-5s. They flew into...
Major Scott Nauman deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom and from June to December 2003 served as the commander of Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry - part of 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division out of Germany - and had the primary...
Major Steve Sattinger deployed to Qalat, Afghanistan, in the Zabol Province in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as the resident engineer from February to August 2005. He received his commission through the ROTC program at Penn State University...
Major Tim Kreuttner deployed to Iraq in March 2004 as the commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division in support of stability operations during OIF II. He concentrated his unit's training on...
This paper discusses the active Soviet Army as larger than any army in Europe and a fairly efficient fighting force. Yet, it is not as well trained as the army of any other great power. Its defense would be strong on account of its great numbers....