In command of the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, also known as the "Ready First" Brigade, COL Sean MacFarland, deployed his command from Central Germany to Iraq in March 2006. The Ready First Brigade assumed control of western Ninewah Province...
In command of Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, during the major combat phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Major Daniel Benz supported the initial operations to seize and secure the southern Iraqi oilfields...
In 2003, the Army Field Support Command (AFSC) and the Joint Munitions Command (JMC), collocated at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, began a comprehensive oral history project aimed at chronicling a full-spectrum slice of the commands' role in...
During Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr) in November 2004, Major Erik Krivda served as the executive officer for Task Force 2-2 and, in this interview, provides a wealth of details and insights into the planning, scheme of maneuver, task...
In this interview MAJ Whittenburg discusses his deployment with 10th SFG to Iraq in 2004. MAJ Whittenburg paints a very interesting picture of what life is like on a SF team and what kinds of missions they do when deployed. MAJ Whittenburg relays...
In 2003, the Army Field Support Command (AFSC) and the Joint Munitions Command (JMC), collocated at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, began a comprehensive oral history project aimed at chronicling a full-spectrum slice of the commands' role in...
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...
MAJ Steven Wallace served with as a platoon leader, adjutant (S1), executive officer (XO) and company commander with the 82nd Airborne Division in various areas in Afghanistan during 2002-2003 and again in 2006-2007 in support of Operation Enduring...
In charge of the 439th Military Police Detachment and deployed in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM from November 2003 to January 2005, Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Wayne Sylvester, while in country, ran the Baghdad-area detention facility...
Captain Richard C. "Rick" Topping is a Regular Army officer who received his commission in 2003 though the Longwood University ROTC program. After a short stint as a tactics officer for ROTC Advanced Camp, Topping attended the Signal Officer Basic...
The written history of most service schools can be best developed in a chronological manner due to the ongoing nature of the schools. However, the attendant problems of creating an Armyservice college from scratch requires that the initial written...
Assigned to the 526th Forward Support Battalion, Major Joseph Morrow, a battalion operations officer, helped support the 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division in Mosul. Stand-out memories included a 22-hour convoy drive, the attacks on Mosul...
Captain Keith W. Bragg supported Operation Iraqi Freedom from March 2004 through March 2005. Based at FOB Headhunter inside the Green Zone, for the first four months of his deployment he served as the executive officer of the 1st Cavalry Division's...
Major Matthew Koehler redeployed in March 2004 from a deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and continued to serve as the assistant operations officer in the 4th Infantry Division's operations shop (G3). From March 2004 until June 2004,...
MAJ Christopher Mahaffey served as the assistant brigade operations officer (S3) with headquarters and headquarters company (HHC), 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division (ID) on the initial push into Baghdad, Iraq during 2003 and as a tank company...
In command of the 7th Transportation Battalion for 11 months in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) II beginning in January 2004, Lieutenant Colonel George Akin was an Active Component commander working under a Reserve Component corps support...
In December 2001, Major Douglas Smith, an Active Guard Reserve soldier, was mobilized along with the 160th Military Police Battalion - an enemy prisoner of war/civilian internee unit - for service in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Over roughly the...
COL Ronald Westfall focuses on his experiences as an Infantry Battalion Executive Officer mobilized in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF I). In relating his experiences in the pre-mobilization process, COL Westfall describes lacking good...
MAJ Eric Haas served as the battalion personnel officer (S1) with 1st Armor Division (AD) at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) during 2003 and 20034 and as the intelligence officer (S2) with the 2nd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (ID) in...
In January 2003, Major Doug Brinson - at the time the commander of Bravo Company, 317th Engineer Battalion, supporting 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division - deployed to Kuwait and began intensive training for what soon became Operation Iraqi...