This study examines the role of the CACTUS Air Force during the battle for Guadalcanal. Hurriedly planned and executed, Guadalcanal was the first U.S. ground offensive in the Pacific. Starting as an unopposed amphibious assault, the operation...
In this interview, Major Randall Risher, US Marine Corps, talks about his deployment to Nasiriyah and Baghdad in Iraq as a logistics officer in support of 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines in January 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Risher...
Major Christopher Jensen, an Army National Guardsman and infantry company commander, served in Iraq in 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he discusses his work training and working with the Iraqi National Guard, the chaotic...
MAJ Ann Dunscombe served as Commander of the 212th Military Police Company under the 716th Military Police Battalion of the 1/82nd Airborne in Shindand and Bagram, Afghanistan during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In...
MAJ Chad Rambo served as the G2 Operations Officer with the 82nd Airborne Division in 2003 and as the Intelligence Officer with the 4th Brigade (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division in 2006 on two separate deployments to Iraq in support of Operation...
MAJ Chris Mabis served as the Administrative Officer for the 1st Battalion, 151st Infantry at Camp Phoenix outside of Kabul, Afghanistan in 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this October 2009 interview, MAJ Mabis discusses...
Maj Robert Bodisch, USMC served as the company commander for Charlie Company, 2nd Tank Battalion during 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF). In this October 2009 interview, Maj Bodisch discusses the intensity of the...
Major Nicholas Dickson, US Army, supported the 25th Infantry Division as a Civil Affairs (CA) Officer, serving in Kirkuk, Iraq in 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Dickson discusses his pre-deployment training, and the fact that it was not...
Major Nicholas Dickson, US Army, supported the 101st Airborne Division as a Civil Affairs (CA) Officer in Panjshir Province, Afghanistan in 2007 and 2008 during Operation Enduring Freedom. MAJ Dickson discusses his primary responsibility of...
MAJ Timothy Diley served as the Battery Commander of 3rd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery in the Sunni Triangle, Iraq during 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this October 2009 interview, MAJ Diley discusses the hardships of this...
MAJ Timothy Diley served as the Brigade Fires Coordinator of 18th Brigade, 5th Iraqi Division Military Transition Team (MiTT) at Kirkush Military Training Base, Diyala Province, Iraq during 2008 and 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)....
Mr. Sean Carlson served as an intelligence analyst as part of a Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) team in Baghdad, Iraq during 2006 in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF). In this October 2009 interview, Mr. Carlson discusses his rapidly...
MAJ E. Keith Rowsey served with a military transition team (MiTT) that was part of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division in Mosul, Iraq during 2008 and 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this October 2009 interview,...
MAJ Javier Bilbao served as the Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) Commander at Life Support Area (LSA) Anaconda in Balad, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this October 2009 interview, MAJ Bilbao...
Captain Derek Carlson, U.S. Army, commanded the Headquarters 202nd Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion in his tour of Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. In this interview, CPT Carlson discusses the challenges of setting up Field Office...
MAJ Lanny Acosta served with the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps with the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division during 2005 and 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this October 2009 interview, MAJ Acosta discusses...
United States Air Force Major David Joerres served as a communications officer on multiple deployments from 2000 to 2009 in support of Operation Southern Watch, Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this December...
MAJ David Hutchinson served as the company commander of the 511th Military Police Company in Mosul and Tall Afar, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this December 2009 interview, MAJ Hutchinson discusses the...
MAJ Scott Coffey served as the assistant operations officer (S3) with the 2-17 CAV, 101st Airborne Division in Qayyarah West and Mosul, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 and as company commander of Alpha Company, Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne...
MAJ Efren Morados served as the battalion executive officer (XO) with the 10th Infantry, 104th Brigade of the Philippine Army during various engagements against the New People's Army, the military wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, the...