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 this interview MAJ Scott Stokoe, Medical Service Corps, describes his deployment to Afghanistan as a member of an embedded training team (ETT). MAJ Stokoe discusses the challenges he experienced in training at Fort Riley, Kansas and how the...
In this interview MAJ Steve Barry discusses his deployment to Iraq during the initial phases of the war. Deployed to Kuwait for six months prior to the kickoff of OIF I, MAJ Barry describes the time he and his tank company spent training in the...
LTC Gary Thomas describes his first Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) deployment while serving as the Operations Officer (S3) for the 219th Area Support Group (ASG). LTC Thomas describes his experiences as the Kandahar airbase mayor as very...
In this interview MAJ Crawley relates some of the organizational difficulties he observed resulting from the reorganization of the 38th CAB's Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) into a modular aviation brigade headquarters prior to...
From April to August 2003, Major Ed Vedder commanded 1st Battalion, 501st Attack Aviation Regiment's Headquarters and Headquarters Company. An AH-64 Apache helicopter unit part of 4th Brigade, 1st Armored Division, 1-501 normally conducts precision...
In this interview, MAJ Randall Newman, US Army, Logistics; discusses his deployment to Iraq in 2006 through 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Newman talks about his pre-deployment training in preparing for his deployment. ...
The Headquarters and Headquarters Company commander for 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment - part of 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division - in Iraq from May through August 2003, Major Esli Pitts witnessed "the initial exuberance of the Iraqis when...
A veteran of two deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom - the first from February to June 2003 and the second from February to May 2005 - US Marine Corps Major Carlos Urbina, during his initial rotation, served as a communications...
MAJ Kimberly Giles served as the resident officer in charge (OIC) in Herat and Qala-i-Naw, Afghanistan during 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this February 2012 interview, MAJ Giles discusses the mission of building...
In this interview, MAJ Jeff, US Army, Logistics; discusses his deployment to Afghanistan with the 524th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB) in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Kutter describes how he...
MAJ Morgan Ashton served as a liaison officer for Task Force Shield to the Ministry of Oil in Basra, Iraq during 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this April 2012 interview, MAJ Ashton discusses the challenges of deploying not...
MAJ Jon Lust served as the logistics officer (S4) for 3-4 Infantry in southern Iraq during 2010 and 2011 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this April 2012 interview, MAJ Lust discusses the challenges of serving during a period of...
MAJ Jae Oh served with the 1st Cavalry Division (CAV) at Camp Taji, Iraq during 2008 and on a stability transition team (STT) in Baghdad, Iraq during 2010, both in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this July 2012 interview, MAJ Oh...
In this interview MAJ Denton Dye discusses his deployment to Afghanistan and Regional Command East (RC East) as the brigade Signal officer (S6) for 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division (ID). MAJ Dye describes his pre-positioning in preparation for...
In this October 2012 interview, MAJ Ryan Guthrie, US Army, Aviation; discusses her deployment to Afghanistan as an Aviation support company commander for Bravo Company of the 277th Aviation Support Battalion (ASB) in 2010 through 2011 in support of...
In this November 2012 interview, MAJ James Rivenbark, Army Reserves, Civil Affairs (CA), discusses his deployment to Iraq with 489th Civil Affairs Battalion in 2007 through 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Rivenbark talks...
In this November 2012 interview, MAJ Thomas Piazze, US Army, Engineer; discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as a project engineer for the United States Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) in 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ...
In this November 2012 interview, MAJ Andrea Peters, US Army, Engineer discusses her deployment to Iraq as executive officer (XO) for the Army Corps of Engineers in 2011 through 2012 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Peters talks...
In this November 2012 interview, MAJ Craig Daniel, US Army, Logistics; discusses his deployment to Iraq as a distribution/transportation officer in charge (OIC) for Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq (MNSTC-I) in 2008 through 2009 in...