Major Charles St. Clair was a military transition team (MiTT) chief assigned variously to the Iraqi 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 6th Division and the Iraqi 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 6th Division in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from November...
Major Jon Beale served as a military transition team (MiTT) chief in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from December 2005 through December 2006. Beale reported to Fort Carson in November 2005 to begin predeployment training. After the movement and...
In this two-part interview, Major Joe O'Neil discusses his service as the executive officer (XO) for the 2nd Military Intelligence Battalion, 66th Military Intelligence Group at Abu Ghraib, Iraq, and Camp Cropper from January through December 2006...
During his 2003-04 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Luis Oakley Jr. served initially as the intelligence officer for the 159th Aviation Brigade and then, in country, took over command of Delta Company, 311th Military...
As part of a series of interviews conducted by John Hamilton, the Air Defense Artillery command historian, Major James Reese discusses serving as the joint operations center battle major for the Combined Joint Special Operations Task...
From March to October 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Scott Gould served as commander of the 44th Chemical Company, 2nd Chemical Battalion, based at Taji, and was concerned principally with chemical, biological, radiological and...
From March 2003 through February 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Anthony New served initially as the commander of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry, part of 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, and then later as an...
During Major John Gregor's January 2004 to January 2005 deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, he served as the signal officer for 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (Black Jack Brigade). Initially, his brigade headquarters deployed under...
Major Doug Hayes served on a military transition team (MiTT) as a maneuver advisor and the field artillery and effects advisor for 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from April 2007 until March 2008. Hayes...
Brigadier General Peter J. Palmer served in a variety of different roles as the chief of plans for Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) in Baghdad, Iraq, from March 2004 through June 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He begins by describing...
At the time of this interview, Major Hans-Jorg Dochtermann was a veteran of two deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the first from January to July 2003 as the battalion fire support officer for 3-7 Infantry, part of 1st Brigade...
From September 2006 through September 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Tracy Barker, an Army National Guardsman, served as the maneuver trainer on a brigade military transition team (MiTT). In this interview, he discusses his...
From March through August 2007 in support of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, Major Dennis van Dijk of the Royal Netherlands Army commanded the logistics support detachment for Task Force Uruzgan, based at Camp...
In this second of two interviews, Major Bill Brodany talks about commanding Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery in Fallujah, Iraq, from May through August 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses maintenance and parts...
Chaplain (Major) Stephen Cruys served as a chaplain for the 86th Combat Support Hospital at Camp Udairi, Kuwait and Talil Airbase, Iraq from January through June 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses getting help from friends in...
In this first of three interviews, Major Kellie Rourke talks about serving as the intelligence officer in the 101st Airborne Division’s forward command post and as the intelligence officer for the 101st Aviation Brigade in Kuwait, Mosul and...
From October 2004 through April 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Kevin Golinghorst commanded the 73rd Engineer Company, part of 1st Stryker Brigade, 25th Infantry Division in Mosul, Iraq. In this interview, he discusses the...
From June 2004 through June 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Michael FitzPatrick served as an assistant operations officer with the 759th Military Police Battalion, based in Baghdad, Iraq. In this interview, he discusses his duties...
From September 2006 through December 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, his second tour in Iraq, Major Michael FitzPatrick served as the provost marshal for 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division in Baghdad. In this interview, he...
Major Richard Rassbach served as the simulations officer and operations officer of the 15th Sustainment Brigade in Kuwait and Taji, Iraq from January through October 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about the...