Major Richard Coyle served as commander of the Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment throughout Iraq from April 2003 through July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Coyle's deployment to Iraq was...
Major Joseph Halloran served as the assistant operations officer for 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery (2-5 FA) and later as the battery commander for Charlie Battery, 2-5 FA in the Fallujah and Ramadi areas in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi...
Judge Advocate General officer Major Laura Klein is a veteran of three Global War on Terrorism deployments, the first - for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) I - as the brigade legal advisor for the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Kirkuk; the second, as...
A medical evacuation officer by trade, Major Michael Pouncey was tasked, as an individual augmentee, to fill a medical information manager position - his secondary area of concentration - with the 109th Area Support Medical Battalion, an Army...
During his first deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom - which is discussed in this first part of a two-part interview - US Marine Corps Major Daniel Coleman served as the logistics officer (S4) for 1st Battalion, 5th Marines. He begins...
Lieutenant Colonel Todd Conyers commanded Charlie Company, 159th Aviation Regiment, which provided heavy-lift helicopter support to the Pentagon immediately after the 9/11 attacks, and also deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to...
Major John Walton commanded Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry around Iskandariyah, Habbaniyah and Fallujah, Iraq from September 2003 through September 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. As he explains in this first of two...
Ambassador James Dobbins is currently director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation. Previously, he served as assistant secretary of state for Europe; special assistant to the president for the Western...
Brigadier General Ramadhan Al-Kocher is the military, naval and air force attaché at the Iraqi Embassy in Washington, DC. He assumed his position on 13 July 2005. Ramadhan is from Kurdistan and operated consecutively with 10th Special Forces...
Brigadier General Michael Tucker was the former commander of 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Iraq from April to July 2003. The area of operations under his command was east of the Euphrates River and Baghdad, specifically the districts of...
Having served two tours of duty during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Colonel Richard O. Hatch brings a unique perspective to the War on Terrorism. First, he was staff judge advocate for the 101st Airborne Division, reporting to (then) Major General...
From September 2002 through July 2003, Major Peter Zike served as a liaison officer (LNO) with Combined Joint Task Force 180. "During that time," he said, "I visited Afghanistan and Uzbekistan and worked in the headquarters for General Tommy Franks...
Part two of the interview with Major Brian Beckno focuses on his March to June 2003 experiences in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) as the commander of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry, part of 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, and...
Colonel Gregory Gass was the brigade commander for the 101st Aviation Brigade, during both OIF I and II, deploying in January of 2003 and returning home in February 2004. Interviewed alongside his colonel was Major John White, the brigade executive...
Colonel Gregory Gass was the brigade commander for the 101st Aviation Brigade, during both OIF I and II, deploying in January of 2003 and returning home in February 2004. Interviewed alongside his colonel was Major John White, the brigade executive...
Colonel Mark Hurley was division support command (DISCOM) commander for the 1st Cavalry Division during Operation Iraqi Freedom from 10 March 2004 until 9 March 2005, located in Taji about 30 miles north of Baghdad. Prior to deploying, Hurley had...
Captain Christian Solinsky served in Operation Iraqi Freedom II from early 2003 through early 2004 at Ba'qubah, Iraq. His main mission was to train the police although he had no experience as an MP prior to this assignment. Initial training...
Captain Jon M. Trolla served in two rotations as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). He first served six months at Camp Victory in Baghdad as a battle captain then served as the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) engineer for Task Force Freedom, a...
Captain Sam Rogers is the former Bravo Troop commander with 1st Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment and is currently a member of the Unit of Action Maneuver Battle Lab in the Experimental Division at Fort Knox. He participated in Operation Iraqi...
CSM Tito Ortiz-Torres was the battalion command sergeant major for 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from February 2003 to January 2004. His area of operations was initially in Fallujah...