In this November 2012 interview, MAJ Robert McTighe, US Army, Engineer; discusses his deployment to Iraq as a company commander for 10th Mountain Division in 2007 through 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ McTighe talks about...
In this December 2012 interview, LTC James Young, US Army, Infantry; discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as the deputy knowledge management officer with 82nd Airborne Division in 2011 through 2012 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom...
During the initial ground invasion phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Will Johnson commanded the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB) of 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment, part of 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, until he...
Colonel Bruce Grant was the deputy commander of a provincial reconstruction team (PRT) in Iraq from December 2005 through September 2006. Retired when Operation Iraqi Freedom commenced, Grant "felt a sense of duty" to return to active service and...
A reservist with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Colonel Doug Shipman was an advisor to two separate Iraqi divisions and to the Nineveh provincial police chief in 2004-2005. In this interview, he voices frustration at the information...
A reservist with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Major Matthew Jones served as an advisor support team leader in Iraq in 2004-2005. In this interview, he recounts the process of mobilizing a reserve unit for service overseas, describing...
This interview with Lieutenant General David H. Petraeus covers his command of Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq (MNSTC-I) from June 2004 through September 2005, and deals specifically with the deployment of the 98th Division...
Colonel Charles Augustus "Gus" Stafford was the commander of 3rd Brigade, 85th Division (Training Support) at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, from 2004 through 2005 when the 98th Division (Institutional Training) received their predeployment training...
Brigadier General James Schwitters was the commanding general of the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team from June 2004 to June 2005 when the 98th Division (Institutional Training) deployed to Iraq to assume the foreign army training and...
Colonel Jody Daniels, a reservist who served formerly with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), deployed to Iraq as a member of that division's survey team, and later became the Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq joint staff...
Major John Vernick, an Active Guard Reserve officer serving with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), was the division's mobilization officer as they deployed to and from Iraq in 2004-2005. As the mobilization officer, Vernick was privy to...
During its Taji, Iraq-based January 2004 to January 2005 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Iowa National Guard's 185th Corps Support Battalion was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Michael Schlorholtz. Beginning by discussing the...
During his 2004-2005 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, "I was with III Corps," said Lieutenant Colonel Mark Tolmachoff, "which at the time was the base element of Multinational Corps-Iraq." In this interview focusing initially on...
Major Jason Kerr supported the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom as commander of the US Army's 101st Chemical Company in 2003. Graced by the deployment of the XVIII Airborne Corps headquarters to...
Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Lemons and Major David Sierakowski, both members of the Illinois National Guard, have served on active duty fulfilling a two-year tour of duty training various Reserve Component and National Guard units being mobilized in...
Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Lemons and Major David Sierakowski, both members of the Illinois National Guard, have served on active duty fulfilling a two-year tour of duty training various Reserve Component and National Guard units being mobilized in...
Assigned as the tactical command post officer in charge for 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Major William Kinsey deployed to Kuwait in September 2002 for Exercise Intrinsic Action but stayed on to participate in the major combat phase of...
When word came down in November 2004 that the 138th Signal Battalion's Alpha Company - part of the 38th Infantry Division, Indiana National Guard - was going to be sent to Iraq for a 2005-2006 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom,...
Major Jesse Kirchmeier served as planner and liaison officer for the 159th Aviation Brigade in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 05-07. The 159th deployed as a transformed aviation brigade, integrating three separate National Guard companies, a...
Lieutenant Commander Philip Kapusta served on the joint strategic plans and policy staff of Special Operations Command, Central (SOCCENT) in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) from 2001 through 2003. An...