MAJ Gregory Stopyra served as the assistant fire support officer (FSO) in Ninewah, Iraq during 2008 and 2009 and as a planner in southern Iraq during 2010 and 2011, both in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this May 2012 interview, MAJ...
Attached to the 10th Special Forces Group during two separate deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom - the first from March to May 2003 with 2nd Battalion, the second from January to June 2004 with 3rd Battalion - Major Steven Nosbisch...
Attached to Task Force 2-2 Infantry during Operation Phantom Fury, Captain Chris Boggiano was the 2nd Platoon leader in the 1st Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop and, in this November 2004 urban assault to retake the Iraqi city...
Assigned to Combined Forces Land Component Command/Third Army from June 2002 through July 2003, Colonel Kevin Benson served as the assistant chief of staff C/J5 Plans for the opening phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom. "I was charged with overseeing...
MAJ Blake Price served as a platoon leader with 2nd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment in Sinjar, Iraq during 2003, as platoon leader with a Pathfinder company in the 101st Airborne Division in Kirkuk, Iraq during 2005 and 2006, both in support of...
MAJ Robert Ross served in an advise and assist brigade (AAB) in Adamiyah, Iraq during 2010 and 2011 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this June 2012 interview, MAJ Ross discusses the changes he noted this deployment as compared to...
In this interview MAJ John Gervais, US Army Chemical Corps, discusses his deployments to Iraq. MAJ Gervais had the unique experience of deploying shortly after 9/11 and again later on in the war so his experiences are varied and capture...
In this interview, MAJ Thomas Bessler, US Army, Military Intelligence; discusses his deployment to Iraq as a detachment S2 for 1-6 Infantry in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Bessler talks about his missions of providing...
In this June 2012 interview, MAJ David Briten discusses his deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq and his overall leadership challenges while deployed during his three deployments. MAJ Briten describes the challenges he faced with Soldiers on...
MAJ James Krueger served on the brigade staff for the 55th Combat Engineer Group in Tikrit, Iraq during 2003, as company commander at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Loyalty during 2005 and 2006, and as an individual augmentee in Baghdad, Iraq during...
MAJ Christopher Mulligan served as fire support officer (FSO) in Bagram, Afghanistan during 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and on a military transition team (MiTT) in Salah ad-Din Province, Iraq during 2008 in support of...
In this November 2012 interview, MAJ James Ritch, US Army, Logistics; discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as a support operations officer (SPO) for 43rd Sustainment Brigade and 63rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB) in 2010 in support...
Major Joel Gleason served as a logistics advisor to an Iraqi Police (IP) battalion as part of a military transition team (MiTT) in Baghdad, Iraq during 2007 and 2008. In this August 2012 interview, MAJ Gleason discusses his time in Korea before...
A three-year veteran of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Major Vincent Torza served as the 4th Squadron's operations officer during most of his Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment. During the fall of 2003, his unit prepared for and executed...
In this November 2012 interview, MAJ Robert Mendez, US Army National Guard (ARNG), Logistics; discusses his deployment to Iraq as an assistant operations officer (AS3) for 67th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (BfSB) in 2010 through 2011 in support...
In this November 2012 interview, MAJ Shannon Wolf, US Army, Field Artillery (FA); discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as a brigade fire support officer (FSO) for 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 10th Mountain Division in 2010 through 2011 in...
Major Ernesto Lopez has been on three deployments to Iraq. In this November 2012 interview, MAJ Ernesto Lopez, US Army, Information Operations (IO); discusses his third deployment to Iraq as an IO officer for 4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry (CAV)...
In this January 2013 interview, LTC (ret) Joseph R. Fischer, US Army Reserves, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a historian for US Special Operations Command in 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). LTC Fischer talks about his...
Having assumed command of 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division on D-Day, 6 June 2003, Colonel Joseph Buche initially deployed around the Tall Afar border region before his unit redeployed on short notice to the Al Qaim...
Preparing for his role as V Corps chaplain for what became Operation Iraqi Freedom, Chaplain (Brigadier General) Douglas Carver concerned himself with stress management training, placement of ministry teams at forward hospitals, working with family...