In April 2003, the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) reached the approaches of Baghdad, Iraq, after a record-breaking march from the Kuwaiti border. To test the strength of Iraqi defenses in the capital, 2nd BCT conducted an...
A veteran of two deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, US Marine Corps Major Dave Banning commanded Alpha Company, 1st Tank Battalion, attached initially to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment and later to 1st Marines, in theater from...
In this second interview regarding his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major John Cochran discusses his January 2005 through February 2006 deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, during which he served as the chief...
Major William Rom is a combat engineer with an ROTC commission. Posted to an advisory billet as an Active Component/Reserve Component soldier with the 187th Engineer Battalion, Rock Hill, South Carolina, he helped prepare several National Guard...
In this first of two interviews regarding his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major Gregory Trahan discusses his command of Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan beginning in...
While recovering back in the US from five gunshot wounds incurred during an April 2003 firefight in Afghanistan, Major Gregory Trahan had to relinquish command of his company (which was still in theater) and was planning, upon returning to duty, to...
The following is part two of a three-part interview with Major Jim McDermott, during the totality of which he discusses his two Operation Iraqi Freedom deployments - the first in 2003 as commander of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry,...
In this third of three interviews, Major Patrick Pascall discusses his assignment as a civil affairs planner to Special Operations Command Central and a planner and liaison officer to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa at MacDill Air Force...
From September 2005 to August 2006, Major Walter Roberson served as executive officer of a military transition team (MiTT) assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade of the 1st Iraqi Army Division - at the time a tier-one unit that was operating on its...
During his 2005-06 deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Major Randolph Morgan served as the operations officer for Task Force Guardian, the military police brigade charged with overseeing all MP functions in country....
In this third of three interviews, Major Tom Chalkley, US Marine Corps, discusses his deployment to Habbaniyah, Iraq, as the leader of a military transition team (MiTT) throughout 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Chalkley's team was...
Following his March to June 2002 deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - where he served as operations officer of 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, which had responsibility for external security and detainee transfers at Camps X-Ray and Delta -...
In this first of two interviews, Major Royal Ripley talks about his deployment to Camp Doha, Kuwait, as a member of the communications staff for Combined Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC) from November 2001 through May 2002, and from November...
From May 2005 through May 2006, Major Omega Harris served as a battalion military transition team (MiTT) leader in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he discusses his predeployment training, his working relationship with the...
From August 2005 through December 2006, Major Joseph Blanding deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as the operations officer for the 172nd Stryker Brigade's Brigade Support Battalion (BSB). In this interview, he discusses the...
In April 2003, the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) reached the approaches of Baghdad, Iraq, after a record-breaking march from the Kuwaiti border. To test the strength of Iraqi defenses in the capital, 2nd BCT conducted an...
From April 2003 through August 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Bobby Davis served initially (for three months) as the headquarters and headquarters battery (HHB) commander for 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, part of 1st...
During Major William W. "Whit" Johnson's first deployment to Iraq from January to May 2003, he was attached to the U.S. Marine Corps' 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, part of Task Force Tripoli, and commanded a company-sized...
From May through October 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Chris Grice commanded the 68th Chemical Company, part of 4th Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division. In this interview, Grice discusses his company's control of an NGO...
From November 2002 through June 2003 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major Tom Sager commanded the 82nd Airborne Division's Long Range Surveillance Detachment (LRSD) - the first LRSD to deploy in the Global War on Terrorism....