MAJ Mark Andres served as the brigade plans officer, logistics officer (S4) and company commander with 3rd Brigade, 1st CAV in Baghdad and Najaf, Iraq during 2004 and 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this May 2010 interview,...
In this interview, LCDR Michael Goad, US Navy, Intelligence, discusses his 5 month deployment to Afghanistan as an Intelligence Officer in 2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). LCDR Goad discusses a typical day on his ship and...
In this interview MAJ Heidi Urben discusses her 2004 to 2005 deployment to Afghanistan with the 25th ID as the intelligence officer for the plans section. The 25th ID deployed as the Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF)-180, later re-designated...
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, 1LT Stephen Kennedy, USAF, Joint Combat Assessment Team (JCAT) Research Engineer. 1LT Kennedy opens his interview by detailing the key parts of his job. He describes how he conducts post-battle damage assessment on all Joint...
In this interview MAJ Eddie Mills discusses his deployment to Afghanistan in November 2001 as the mortar platoon leader for 1-87th Infantry out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Soon after 9/11 1-87 was put back on division ready force (DRF) 1 at Fort...
In this interview LTC Pete Deveaux, a board certified general surgeon and colorectal surgeon, discusses two of his four deployments in support of the Global War on Terror (GWOT). LTC Deveaux describes his 2002 deployment as part of a forward...
In this interview MAJ Loucks discusses her deployment in support of OIF as the company commander for Alpha Company, 327th Signal Battalion, Airborne out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. MAJ Loucks describes the challenges she and her company faced...
MAJ Joe Kelly served as the executive officer (XO) and support operations officer (SPO) with the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) in Bagram, Afghanistan during 2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this June 2010 interview,...
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 Greg Stroud, US Army, Special Forces, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a military transition team (MiTT) chief in 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Stroud discusses a typical day and his interaction...
MAJ Eric Robinson served as a Quartermaster officer in the Central Command Joint Staff (CENTCOM J4) in Kabul, Afghanistan during 2007 and 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this July 2010 interview, MAJ Robinson discusses the...
MAJ Sonja Bruce served as the operations officer (S3) with the 10th Sustainment Brigade at Camp Taji, Iraq during 2008 and 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this July 2010 interview, MAJ Bruce discusses the challenges of working...
In this interview, MAJ Jeffrey Nordin, US Army, Engineer, discusses his deployment to Iraq as an assistant MiTT team chief in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Nordin discusses how the pre-deployment training he did at Fort...
In this interview, MAJ Irvin Jackson, US Army, Logistics, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a company commander in 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Jackson discusses a typical day, some difficult challenges he faced, and...
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...
MAJ Julian Avent served as commander of Charlie Company, 91st Civil Affairs (CA) Battalion out of Stuttgart, Germany and Trans-Saharan Africa during 2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom - Trans-Sahara (OEF TS). In this August 2010...
MAJ Brian Heverly served on the air defense coordination (ADACOOR) with the 82nd Airborne Division in Baghdad, Iraq during 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this March 2010 interview, MAJ Heverly discusses the frustrations of...
CPT Harlan provides a detail-rich narrative of his service as an Infantry Company Executive Officer (XO) during his first Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) deployment from December 2004 through June 2006. In his narrative, Harlan describes his...
MAJ Timothy Jaeger served as a Military Transition Team (MiTT) chief with the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division at Multi-National Division - North (MND-N) and Tallil, Iraq during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this...