From June 2004 through June 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Pam Newbern served at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, as the air defense artillery signal officer and also as the ground operations officer for Combined Forces Land Component...
At the time of this interview, Major Timothy Payment was a veteran of two deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the first in 2003 as commander of Bravo Company, 2-6 Infantry, during which they were given a portion of southeast Baghdad...
In this first of four interviews, Lieutenant Commander Ted Kleinberg talks about serving as the naval flight officer in a E-2 Hawkeye from VAW-124 onboard the USS Enterprise in the Arabian Sea from September through November 2001 in support of...
In this fourth of four interviews, Lieutenant Commander Ted Kleinberg talks about serving as the hangar deck officer onboard the USS Enterprise from July through December 2007 in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and...
From August 2006 through November 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Christian Meko, M.D., served as the brigade surgeon for 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, based in Iraq's Salah ad Din Province. In this interview, Meko - a...
In this first of two interviews, Major Jeff Keating talks about serving as a budgeting officer in the 513th Military Intelligence Brigade in Camp Doha, Kuwait, from November 2004 through February 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He...
In this first of two interviews, Major Mark Huhtanen talks about serving as the logistics officer and assistant operations officer for 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry in Mosul and Baghdad, Iraq, from August 2005 through November 2006 in support of...
In this first of two interviews, Major Todd Terral talks about commanding the 109th Transportation Company in Kuwait and Iraq from March through September 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses the predeployment training which...
In this interview with Major Lisa Gniady, she discusses her post-9/11 service as a communications officer in the 704th Military Intelligence Brigade, which provides the US Army's military support to the National Security Agency. She talks about her...
Major Sidney Harris served as the plans officer for the fusion cell of the 143rd Transportation Command in Shuaybah, Kuwait, from July 2005 through April 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about the challenges...
From April 2003 through April 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Tim Cyprian commanded the 813th Replacement Company - a US Army Reserve unit out of Gordo, Alabama - and was based in country at LSA Anaconda. In this interview, he...
The assistant intelligence officer for 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment during Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr), Captain Michael S. Erwin's principal duties during the November 2004 combined-joint assault to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah...
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Kenneth Kilbourne served as the officer in charge of the tactical human intelligence (HUMINT) section of Alpha Company, 501st Military Intelligence Battalion, in Iraq in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this...
In this first of two interviews, Major Jong Kim talks about serving as the operations officer for the 82nd Corps Support Battalion in Taji, Iraq, from January 2005 through January 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses the...
The commander of Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment (Armor) during Operation Phantom Fury - also known as Al Fajr - Captain Peter Glass and his unit was attached to Marine Regimental Combat Team 1 during this November 2004...
In this first of two interviews, Major Bill Brodany talks about serving as the fire support officer for 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry in Kuwait and Iraq from October 2002 through May 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses the very...
From October 2002 through January 2003, CW4 Nate Jones served as the air and missile defense planner with 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery, Task Force Cobra, in Tel Aviv, Israel. Then, from January until May 2003, he moved to Turkey for...
From January to June 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, CW4 Nate Jones served as the air and missile defense planner / advisor for the US Embassy in Kuwait, part of the Office of Military Cooperation. In this capacity, he acted as the...
Major Michael Berdy commanded a company in the 25th Infantry Division in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In this interview, he talks about accountability issues with ammunition arising from their handoff, the size...
Major Ted Wojtusik commanded Delta Company, 52nd Infantry in Mosul, Iraq, from October 2004 through October 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about unexpectedly taking command of his company six weeks before...