In this two-part interview, Major Joe O'Neil discusses his service as the executive officer (XO) for the 2nd Military Intelligence Battalion, 66th Military Intelligence Group at Abu Ghraib, Iraq, and Camp Cropper from January through December 2006...
From February 2003 through February 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Steven Fahlenkamp served as HHB commander for the 101st DIVARTY, and from April 2007 through April 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, he...
Major Doug Hayes, US Air Force, served as the information management officer for the joint operations center of Multinational Corps-Iraq at Camp Victory, Iraq, from May through October 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He talks about the...
Lieutenant Colonel Russell Godsil served as the intelligence officer for 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Baghdad, Iraq, from June 2003 through July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about how the brigade's...
Lieutenant Colonel Mark Schmidt has served in a variety of positions as a psychological operations (PSYOP) officer, including Operation Enduring Freedom tours in the Philippines and Afghanistan. In this interview, he talks about PSYOP doctrine as...
In this second of three interviews, Major J.T. Eldridge talks about commanding Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment in Baghdad, Iraq from November 2003 through February 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He...
In this second of two interviews, Major Zac Vann talks about commanding Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor and serving as the division chief of training in Baghdad and Rustamiyah from January through October 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi...
In this second of two interviews, Major Sean Williams talks about commanding Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 321st Field Artillery around Tikrit, Iraq from November 2005 through April 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He...
In this interview, Major Lawrence Mullany, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Brigade Battle Major in September 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Mullany discusses his experience with the pre-deployment training and also...
From March 2003 through March 2004, Major Dennis Van Wey supported Operation IRAQI FREEDOM as part of the 418th Civil Affairs Battalion, a Reserve unit out of Belton, Missouri. Based initially in Ba'qubah with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th...
MAJ Lynda Gerhart served as a military intelligence (MI) officer and headquarters commander of 15th MI Battalion, Aerial Exploitation in Balad, Iraq during 2004 and 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this December 2009 interview,...
In this interview, MAJ Sean Coakley, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Coakley describes an incident of a soldier within his unit and how it affected his...
In this interview, MAJ Silas Bowman, US Army, Combat Engineer, discusses his deployment to Iraq as Company Commander in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Bowman discusses a typical day during deployment and his experience with...
MAJ Kevin Madrigal served as a B52 navigator and operational planner with the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS) for several deployments during 2004 and 2005 out of Diego Garcia in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi...
In this interview, LTC Matt Green, US Army, Armor, discusses his deployment to Iraq as Team Chief for Military Training Team (MiTT) in 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). LTC Green discusses his experience witnessing car bombs and...
In this interview, MAJ Kurt Giese, US Army, Military Intelligence, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Brigade Intelligence Officer in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Giese discusses the interaction he had with Iraqis and...
In this interview Major Eric Fourroux of the Army Nurse Corps discusses his experienced during his deployment to OIF in 2007 in support of the 610 BSB out of Fort Riley, Kansas. Major Fourroux was the only RN located on FOB Falcon during his tour...
In this interview MAJ Miller discusses his deployment to Iraq in 2003 and 2004 with the 8th Finance Battalion, 266th Finance Command out of Germany. MAJ Miller's battalion supported the 2nd BCT from the 1st Armored Division and was assigned to...
In this interview MAJ Bonney describes his experiences in support of OIF when he became the rear detachment commander for the 92nd Engineer Battalion. MAJ Bonney discusses challenges he faced during his time as the rear detachment commander and...
MAJ Jon Pendell served as an information operations officer with 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (ID) Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) in Mosul, Iraq during 2004 and 2005 and as the regimental S7 and Public Affairs Officer (PAO) for 2 Stryker...