In this second of three interviews, Major Mark Boeke discusses his deployment to Iraq as the communications officer for 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment from February through April 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He talks about the...
In this first of two interviews regarding his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major Scott Pierce, US Marine Corps, discusses his role as executive officer of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, which was stood up as a battalion landing team (BLT) for...
In command of the Long Range Surveillance Detachment (LRSD) out of the 110th Military Intelligence Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, Major Robert Schexnayder deployed to Afghanistan from July 2003 through May 2004. Initially working in the border...
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 this second of two interviews regarding his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major Scott Pierce, US Marine Corps, discusses his continuing role as executive officer of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, this time during and immediately following...
Colonel Don C. Young served as the commander of the 1st Armored Division Engineer Brigade with responsibility for Baghdad, Iraq from May 2003 on. In the interview he discusses the logistics surprises he experienced with port operations in Kuwait....
Major Larry Burris commanded Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division during the opening days of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Commanding for 22 months, Burris deployed his company to Kuwait attached to 1st...
Major James Reed, Military Intelligence, deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom from Germany with V Corps headquarters, G2 operations section, and arrived in Kuwait in November 2002, roughly four months before the actual invasion. Assigned to the...
From February 2004 through February 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Bruce Scott served as a battle captain/assistant operations officer and, later, commander of a Chinook helicopter company for 1st Battalion, 244th Command...
Major Ryan Samuelson served as the pilot of a KC-135R in the 407th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron flying out of Thumrait Airbase, Oman, from January through May 2003 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Flying...
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 Tim Bairstow deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom as a company commander in 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines (2/2) in February 2004. His infantry company of "East Coast" Marines flew to Kuwait, drew not only their equipment but more than 70 vehicles...
Chaplain (Major) Harry "Chip" Huey deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) I and II. His first deployment was the chaplain of the 485th Corps Support Battalion (CSB), V Corps, in March 2003. The CSB, after several false starts between their...
A geography instructor at West Point, Major Brian Doyle deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in June 2005 on a two-month mission to advise the National Military Academy of Afghanistan "on how to begin a curriculum in geography." "They...
An officer in the Australian Army, Major Jamie McDonald served as the C3 operations officer in charge of the Joint Operations Center in Multi-National Corps-Iraq (MNC-I) Headquarters from September 2004 to April 2005. Based at Camp Victory in...
About his June 2003 through February 2004 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Todd Hourihan describes himself as having had to "hitchhike" both into and out of war. He begins this interview by telling how his original orders...
In this first of two interviews, Major Gerd Schroeder discusses commanding Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry, and later the Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), in Baghdad and Iskandariyah from April 2003 though July 2004 in...
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...
Major Jay Haley deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2004 as the Alpha Company commander in the 312th Military Intelligence Battalion as direct support to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. Approximately halfway...
Major Rich Garey deployed as the commander of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry, 10th Mountain Division to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in July 2003. He initially flew into Bagram and then moved his company to two...