LTC Anthony Clemente served as intelligence officer with the headquarters of the 82nd Airborne Division at the Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) Headquarters in Bagram, Afghanistan during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom...
In this interview, MAJ John Newman, US Army, Infantry; discusses his deployment to Iraq as a company commander in 2007 through 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Newman discusses his pre-deployment training and his immediate...
MAJ Mark Weaver served as assistant logistics officer (S4) and battle captain with 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division in East Baghdad, Iraq during 2004 and 2005, and as company commander at Camp Taji, Iraq during 2006 and 2007, both in support of...
In this interview, MAJ Soraya Turner, US Army, Medical Service Corps; discusses her 16 month deployment to Iraq as a company commander in 2007 through 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Turner discusses her pre-deployment...
MAJ Justin Cole served as battery executive officer (XO) and intelligence officer (S2) in Baghdad, Iraq during 2003 and 2004, and as S2 in Ba'qubah, Iraq during 2007 and 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this August 2011...
MAJ Jeremy Turner served as company commander of Delta Company 2-504th Field Artillery (FA) at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Salerno during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this November 2010 interview, MAJ Turner...
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...
MAJ Elizabeth Kmiecik served as the division PSYOP planner in Basra, Iraq during 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this June 2011 interview, MAJ Kmiecik discusses her role providing guidance on PSYOP to the base commander for...
MAJ Byron Trexler served with the 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Kalsu during 2004 and 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and at International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)...
MAJ Lance O'Bryan served with 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (ID) in Taji, Iraq during 2007, 2008 and 2009 and on a military transition team (MiTT) in Baghdad, Iraq during 2010, both in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this...
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...
MAJ Jason Redmon served as troop commander with 6-6 Cavalry (CAV) in the Arab Jabour region of Iraq during 2007 and 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this December 2011 interview, MAJ Redmon discusses the circumstances...
MAJ Michael Bagully served as the fires and effects advisor on a military transition team (MiTT) in Maysan Province, Iraq during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this January 2012 interview, MAJ Bagully discusses the...
MAJ John Herrman served as the operations officer (S3) for the fires battalion of 2nd Stryker Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (ID) at Joint Base Balad (JBB) during 2010 and 2011 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this January 2012...
MAJ Kevin Kilbride served as troop commander of 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) in Rabi, Iraq during 2007, 2008 and 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this February 2012 interview, MAJ Kilbride discusses the...
A student at the Judge Advocate General's School from September 2001 through June 2002, Major Charles Lozano then moved to Germany and assumed duties as chief of criminal law for the 1st Armored Division until August of the following year. "The big...
MAJ Jess Harris served as brigade intelligence officer (S2) in Baghdad and Sadr City, Iraq during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this February 2012 interview, MAJ Harris discusses the challenges of so-called...
The leader of 2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, Task Force 2-2 Infantry in Fallujah during Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr), Staff Sergeant David Bellavia was recommended for the Medal of Honor, nominated for the Distinguished Service Cross...
MAJ Daniel Rausch served as commander of Charlie Company, 2-23 Infantry in East Rashid, Baghdad, Iraq during 2007 and 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this April 2012 interview, MAJ Rausch discusses the focus of his company's...
COL Eric Belcher currently serves as the 15th Military Police (MP) Corps commander at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In this April 2012 interview for the Operational Leadership Experiences (OLE) Project, COL Belcher discusses his Army career beginning...