In this interview, MAJ Brian Carlin, US Army, Public Affairs; discusses his deployment to Iraq as the MLRS Battery Commander in 2003 through 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Carlin discusses a typical day in theater and...
MAJ Ryan Yedlinsky served as a Black Hawk pilot in Fallujah, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 and as a combat advisor on a stability transition team (STT) in Diwaniyah, Iraq during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this March...
MAJ Cloyd Smith served as the operations officer (S3) on a military transition team (MiTT) in Baghdad, Iraq during 2006 and 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this March 2009 interview, MAJ Smith discusses the substantial...
MAJ Greg Rogers served as the deputy director of operation on a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Jalalabad, Afghanistan during 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and as intelligence advisor on a Stability Transition Team...
MAJ Michael Mulllins served as military transition team (MiTT) executive officer (XO) in Baghdad, Iraq during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this April 2011 interview, MAJ Mullins discusses the makeup and role of a...
MAJ Kelly Boian served as commander of Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Regiment in Al Dora, Iraq during 2005 and 2006, and on a stability transition team (STT) in Sinjar Province, Iraq during 2009 and 2010, both in support of Operation Iraqi...
CPT Jonathan Larmore served as a chemical officer in Baghdad, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 and as the brigade chemical officer in Diyala Province, Iraq during 2006 and 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this April 2011 interview,...
In this interview, COL (Ret.) Russell Thaden, US Army, Military Intelligence (MI); discusses his deployment to Iraq as the deputy Multi-national Force-Iraq (MNF-I) joint intelligence officer (J2) in 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom...
In this interview, MAJ Troy Schnack, US Army, Field Artillery; discusses his deployment to Iraq as part of the Stability Transition Team (STT) in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Schnack discusses his missions as...
COL (Ret.) Russell Thaden served as the senior US officer and chief of intelligence for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany prior to his deployment to Kabul, Afghanistan during 2003 and 2004 in support...
In this interview MAJ Dustin Phillips relates his experience as part of a training team deployed to Iraq in 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Phillips discusses the challenges he faced in this position, the lack of quality...
US Air Force (USAF) MAJ Melvin Green III served as a B-52 radar navigator and bombadier over Afghanistan during 2003 and 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this July 2011 interview, MAJ Green discusses preparation for...
CH (MAJ) Tommy Vaughn served as a chaplain with the 115th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) at Camp Cropper in the Victory Base Complex during 2008 and 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this July 2010 interview, MAJ Vaughn discusses...
Unable to deploy with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment - part of 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division - due to an illness when the unit went to Iraq in early 2004, Major Doug Walter eventually rejoined his comrades in country in July and became...
In this November 2012 interview, MAJ Keith Boring, US Army, Armor; discusses his deployment to Iraq as a battalion plans officer for 1-40 Cavalry (CAV), 4-25 Infantry in 2006 through 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Boring...
"When someone asks me where I was stationed in Iraq," said Major Christian Teutsch, "it's hard to come up with an answer. I had 22 different command posts over the course of the deployment…. We were constantly being relieved, although we never...
Assigned to 1st Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Major Mike Kirkpatrick served as the Headquarters and Headquarters Troop (HHT) commander during Operation Iraqi Freedom I, moving into Iraq on 13 May 2003. In this interview, he begins by...
At the time of the interview a facilitator at Fort Leavenworth's School of Command Preparation, "where we prepare newly selected battalion and brigade commanders for commands," Lieutenant Colonel Ross Brown himself previously commanded 3rd...
Deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from February to November 2003, Major Steven Bower initially commanded Charlie Company, 311th Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion, part of 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, and then mid-tour...
From the summer of 2002 until he left to attend the Command and General Staff College in the summer of 2005, Major Greg Bodge served at Fort Leavenworth's Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) as the National Guard liaison officer. This...