A veteran of two deployments in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, from March to August 2003 Captain Craig Stucker initially served as the personnel officer for 3rd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment (part of 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division)...
MAJ Scott Broome served as operations officer (S3) for D Squadron, 5 Troop of the Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG) in Bagram, Kandahar, Helmand and Khowst, Afghanistan during 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this April 2010...
CPT Polyniak discusses his deployment in support of the Global War on Terror from 22 March thru 10 November 2008 at Joint Base Balad (JBB). This deployment was CPT Polyniak's fourth, and he provides many interesting contrasts with his earlier...
In this interview, MAJ Stephen Sexton, US Army, Chaplain, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Battalion Chaplain in 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Sexton describes how his mission in mentoring his unit and how he was able...
CPT Mathews discusses conducting a pre-mobilization Network Exercise (NETEX) at Fort Indiantown Gap. The NETEX included training on the Joint Network Node, call manager and other network components. He describes how he felt the training was...
In this interview, MAJ Sean Heenan, US Army, Engineer, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Heenan describes a typical day, how he was able to transition after a change in...
In this interview, MAJ Andrew Stone, US Air Force, discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as an Assistant Director of Operations/Pilot in 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Stone describes his mission and his experience with...
MAJ Joey Bedoya served as a transportation officer, assistant operations officer (S3), and company commander with the 172nd Stryker Brigade in Mosul and Baghdad, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this May...
In this interview MAJ Thompson discusses his 2007 deployment to Afghanistan as part of an embedded training team (ETT) mentoring the 1st Brigade, 203rd Corps of the ANA. MAJ Thompson was originally part of a team at Fort Riley who went through...
In this interview LCDR James Drew discusses his time in the Navy on board the USS Yorktown and the USS The Sullivans. LCDR Drew was onboard the USS Yorktown in port when the attacks of 9/11 occurred. He describes the mission of the ship...
CPT Toomer gives a detailed discussion of the operations of his Forward Support Company in providing support to Task Force Pegasus. Toomer notes because of the Forward Operating Base (FOB)-centric nature of his deployment, his unit's largest...
In this interview MAJ Sharon Ramp, a Logistics officer, discusses her deployment to Iraq on a Worldwide Augmentation System WIAS tasking from US Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) in Louisiana. With limited guidance and direction MAJ Ramp arrived in...
In this interview, MAJ Barry Kimmons, US Army, Civil Affairs, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Headquarters Company Commander in 2009 in support of Operation Iraq Freedom (OIF). MAJ Kimmons describes a typical day, his mission and his role as...
In this interview, MAJ Eric Sayer, US Army, Chemical, discusses his deployment to Iraq as an Executive Officer/MiTT in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Sayer discusses a typical day in country and talks about the logistical...
A team chief and later executive officer of 2nd Battalion, 305th Field Artillery Regiment - part of 3rd Brigade, 87th Division (Training Support) at Camp Shelby, Mississippi - from 2003 to 2005 Major David Pierce was responsible for the...
In this interview, MAJ David Cieszynski, US Army, Engineer, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a brigade S4 in 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Cieszynski compares all of his deployments and discusses his role in Operation...
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...
MAJ Eric Stiller served as the logistics officer (S3) with the 234th Aviation Battalion in Balad, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this August 2010 interview, MAJ Stiller discusses the challenges of...
MAJ Christopher L'Heureux served with the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) as assistant personnel officer (S1) and company commander in Baghdad, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this August 2010...