For a decade the United States Army has been investigating the uses of computers in the area of tactical operations. While demonstrating that computer based tactical data processing systems can provide useful assistance, field tests have uncovered...
COL (Ret.) Russell Thaden served as the senior US officer and chief of intelligence for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany prior to his deployment to Kabul, Afghanistan during 2003 and 2004 in support...
During the planning and major combat operations phases of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Colonel Russell Thaden was the deputy G2 for V Corps. Responsible for "ensuring that the entire staff was updated on the current intelligence situation" and for...
Colonel William Darley was the public affairs officer for Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, the Combined Joint Task Force 7 commander, from August 2003 to March 2004. In this interview, he describes his public affairs mission in terms of three...
CPT Polyniak discusses his deployment in support of the Global War on Terror from 22 March thru 10 November 2008 at Joint Base Balad (JBB). This deployment was CPT Polyniak's fourth, and he provides many interesting contrasts with his earlier...
Captain Shawn O'Brien served on a military transition team (MiTT) initially with the 9th Iraqi Army Division's Logistics and Administration (L&A) Battalion and then later with the 1st Motor Transport Regiment in the areas of Al Rashid and...
Lieutenant Colonel Scott Farquhar served as a military transition team (MiTT) leader from May 2007 until May 2008 to advise a brigade of the Iraqi 3rd Infantry Division in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Farquhar and his team completed...
An individual augmentee on a two-month rotation between February and May 2005 with the Office of Military Cooperation-Afghanistan, Major Brent Novak - at the time the chief of West Point's Leader Development Branch - was tasked with helping to...
In this second of two interviews, Major Clint Cox discusses his service as the commander of Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry in the drive towards Baghdad, and later in the Rabiah area along the Syrian border, through 2003 in support of...
In this interview MAJ Damon Cleaton, Medical Service Corps, discusses his most recent deployment to Iraq in 2009 with the 1st Medical Brigade as their brigade logistics officer (S4). While in theater MAJ Cleaton and his shop were responsible for...
In this interview, MAJ Darrell Vaughan, US Army, Information Operations (IO); discusses his deployment to Iraq as the Information Operations Special Programs Officer in Charge in 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Vaughan...
In this interview, MAJ Eddie Sedlock, US Army, Infantry, discusses his deployments to Iraq as a company commander in 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Sedlock discusses his role as a company commander and leading his unit on...
Major Jesse McFarland, a quartermaster officer, provided logistical support to various special operations forces in Afghanistan on four different deployments from 2003 through 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
In this interview, MAJ Joel Cummings, US Army, Judge Advocate General (JAG); discusses his deployment to Iraq as the Brigade Judge Advocate in 2005 through 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Cummings discusses his reaction to...
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...
In this interview, MAJ Michael Ryan, US Army, Signal Corps, discusses his 12 month deployment to Iraq as a company commander for the 40th Signal Battalion/160th Signal Brigade in 2005 through 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ...
MAJ Rich Harrison serves as the assistant chief of staff and force protection officer in the joint operations directorate (J3) with the Iraqi Assistance Group (IAG) at Camp Victory, Baghdad during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom...
Like "stepping through a mountain pass and seeing Shangri-La below" was how Major Robert Bowers described his arrival at the 75th Ranger Regiment and assumption of duties as the regimental judge advocate. "There weren't any money issues there,...
From March to October 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Scott Gould served as commander of the 44th Chemical Company, 2nd Chemical Battalion, based at Taji, and was concerned principally with chemical, biological, radiological and...
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...