The following is a group interview conducted with three former 1st Infantry Division soldiers concerning their experiences in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Jason Bell served from February 2004 through March 2005 with Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron,...
The following is a group interview conducted with three former 1st Infantry Division soldiers concerning their experiences in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Jason Bell served from February 2004 through March 2005 with Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron,...
The following is a group interview conducted with three former 1st Infantry Division soldiers concerning their experiences in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Jason Bell served from February 2004 through March 2005 with Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron,...
In this second of two interviews dealing with his Operation Iraqi Freedom experiences, Major Michael Scarpulla discusses his January 2005 through January 2006 deployment as initially the commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1st...
The commander of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Peter Newell and his Task Force 2-2 participated in the November 2004 combined-joint operation, known as Phantom Fury (Al Fajr), to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah....
As CNN's senior Baghdad correspondent, Jane Arraf was embedded with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment (Task Force 2-2) during that unit's participation in Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr): the November 2004 combined-joint assault...
Major Bobby Haskin served as the battle major for 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division and as the chief of operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from November 2005 to November 2006. Haskin was in an ROTC assignment teaching at Western...
In this interview, MAJ Stanley Pulley, US Army, Field Artillery, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Battery Commander in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Linney discusses his interaction with the locals and their reaction...
Deployed with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment - part of 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division - to Iraq from February 2004 through February 2005, Captain Natalie Friel served as the battalion assistant intelligence officer (AS2) and, most...
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...
The leader of 2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, Task Force 2-2 Infantry in Fallujah during Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr), Staff Sergeant David Bellavia was recommended for the Medal of Honor, nominated for the Distinguished Service Cross...
Major Christopher Hartline deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from April 2003 through January 2004 as the commander of Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. They had several...
MAJ Gareth Lintt served with the secretary of the general staff (SGS), as headquarters and headquarters company (HHC) commander with V Corps and with the staff engineering section (G7) at the 1st Armored Division (AD) on three separate deployments...
Throughout the 1st Infantry Division's February 2004 to March 2005 deployment to Tikrit, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Command Sergeant Major Cory McCarty - a 30-year Army infantryman - served as the division CSM. In this interview,...
The leader of 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, Task Force 2-2 Infantry during Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr), Captain Jeff Emery was in charge of four Bradleys, two tanks and two dismounted squads during this decisive November 2004 urban fight to...
Called up in May 2005 and given a June report date for predeployment training at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Maryland-based US Army reservist Captain Christopher Isgrig became cross-leveled into the 80th Division (Institutional Training) and joined...
Part two of the interview with Lieutenant Colonel Ed House covers his January to June 2005 Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment as the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division S3, during which he was based in Ba'qubah (FOB Warhorse) and worked under the...
The commander of 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004-2005, Colonel Steven Bullimore, in this interview, begins by explaining how he went about re-training his artillery soldiers to be infantrymen and...
Importance of the History of Military Conflict
As a military professional do you believe it is important to take the time to study the history of past conflicts? Yes, it is significant so that we don’t repeat past mistakes. Examples are cited...
The concept to utilize small-embedded teams of military advisors to assist foreign security forces is not new. The transition team mission of advising, coaching, mentoring, teaching, and training the Iraqi Army is supportive in the success of...