Major Heidi Baird served as commander of the 513th Transportation Company in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from June 2004 until May 2005. A noticeable difference for this deployment in comparison to the company's previous tours in Iraq was...
An orthopedic surgeon in command of the 274th Forward Surgical Team in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM from February to August 2003, Lieutenant Colonel (Dr.) Richard Pope was tasked with providing surgical support to enemy prisoners of war,...
Major Deb MacKay, United States Air Force, served as the chief of intelligence, weapons and tactics for the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Al Jaber Air Force Base, Kuwait and Tallil Airbase, Iraq from February through August 2003 in support of...
Tasked with contingency airbase defense during his first two deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom - the first from August to December 2003 at Tallil Airbase, the second from May to October 2004 at Baghdad International Airport - US Air...
The United States Army’s transformation from the Army of Excellence design to the Modular design had profound changes for the corps organization. Armored cavalry regiments under the Army of Excellence design provided reconnaissance and security...
In this interview, MAJ Michael Ryan, US Army, Signal Corps, discusses his 12 month deployment to Iraq as a company commander for the 40th Signal Battalion/160th Signal Brigade in 2005 through 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ...
From February 2004 through January 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Ted White served as the support operations officer for the 357th Corps Support Battalion, US Army Reserve, based in Tallil, Iraq. In this interview, he discusses...
This paper will discuss the complexities the 48th Infantry Brigade and HHC Brigade Headquarters faced during our tour of duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The events are in time sequence order as they occurred during the deployment. I present...
Captain Shawn O'Brien served as commander for the 551st Transportation Company, 6th Transportation Battalion, 7th Transportation Group in the areas of Cedar, Tallil, BIAP and Fallujah in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from February 2003 until...
Right before Operation Iraqi Freedom kicked off in March 2003, Major Michael Scarpulla had been serving for the past 14 months as the assistant operations officer (S3) for the Ranger Training Brigade. As he explained, though, "I had the opportunity...
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...
This paper will cover experience training the Iraqi Army. Teaching the Iraqis how to self sustain was the most rewarding of any mission in my military career. Knowing that I was a part of history in the making is satisfying in every sense of the...
Soon after his redeployment from Bosnia, Robert D. Guy received the unwelcome news that he was slated to fill a vacancy with the soon to mobilize 1st Battalion, 293rd Infantry of the Indiana Army National Guard. The 1-293 IN was scheduled to...
From April through August 2003 in Iraq, Major Daniel Segura commanded the 63rd Engineer Company (Combat Support Equipment) - a horizontal construction company - their principal task being road repair and construction. Based on Tallil Airbase, a...
Major Stephen Shrader served as the HHC commander for 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry - part of 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division - from March 2003 to July 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Shrader first deployed from May 2002 to December...
From July 2002 through July 2003, Major Theresa Masengale served as chief of operations in the 7th Transportation Group's S3 shop, during which time she deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and on the group staff...
Major Tom McNew commanded the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division in Kuwait and Iraq from December 2002 through August 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about the...
Major Shane Celeen, Armor Branch, deployed his company - Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor (2-70), part of 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kansas - after a six-month trainup in March 2003. New to the company, his unit had...
Major Chris Smith, an Australian Army officer, deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from May to December 2006 as the operations officer of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment (RAR), a light infantry battalion. In the months...
MAJ Glenn Harwood served as the tiral counsel, brigade Judge Advocate General (JAG) for the 75th Field Artillery Brigade during 203 in Tallil and Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this first of two interviews in January...