"My first experience with the Global War on Terrorism," said Major Joseph T. Irwin Jr., "was September 11, 2001. I was at Fort Meade, Maryland, with the 5th Brigade, 78th Division (Training Support) and our mission was to provide military support...
A former medic with the 82nd Airborne Division and a Special Forces qualified medical sergeant, Captain Gregory McCrum was commissioned in May 2002 after graduating from the inter-service physician assistant (PA) program at Fort Sam Houston....
A KC-135 maintenance commander with the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Major George Unsinger deployed from Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, in August 2002 and spent the next three months supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, located...
A member of the 66th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter pilot, US Air Force Major Dirk Johnson deployed to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, as part of Operation Enduring Freedom from May to September 2002, serving as the...
A project engineer with the US Army Corps of Engineers, Major Torrey Diciro reported to Bahrain in February 2002 on an unaccompanied tour where "they had me punching out buildings and basically making sure the contractor gave us what we specified...
A Royal Australian Corps of Signals officer, Major James Murray served at the Australian National Headquarters, Middle East Area of Operations (ASNHQ-MEAO) from November 2002 to January 2003 - co-located with US Central Command's forward deployed...
A special tactics (ST) project officer for the Joint Special Operations Air Component during two separate deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, US Air Force Major Jerry Kung, in this interview, discusses the purpose and organization...
A strong believer in the Army's need for effectively employed augmentees, Major Darrell Bascom, an augmentee assigned to the 123rd Signal Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, said that "a unit's success in the field comes...