In this interview MAJ Thompson discusses his 2007 deployment to Afghanistan as part of an embedded training team (ETT) mentoring the 1st Brigade, 203rd Corps of the ANA. MAJ Thompson was originally part of a team at Fort Riley who went through...
1LT Michael Johnson begins his interview with an explanation of how the Air Force operates weather terms within the Iraq Theater. He relates how the Air Force places weather terms within the Army Brigade Combat Teams and Divisions, as well as...
In this interview, 1LT Stephen Kennedy, USAF, Joint Combat Assessment Team (JCAT) Research Engineer. 1LT Kennedy opens his interview by detailing the key parts of his job. He describes how he conducts post-battle damage assessment on all Joint...
In this interview, MAJ Umang Gandotra, India Military, Field Artillery, discusses his deployment to India as a Company Commander in 2002 in support of Counter Terrorism in India. MAJ Umang discusses a typical night and his reaction to being under...
In this interview MAJ Jeff Botsford discusses his experiences as an Army chaplain. MAJ Botsford has had five deployments, one a deployment to Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. MAJ Botsford has deployed with a variety of units but the one...
In this interview MAJ Rodney McCutcheon discusses his deployment to Iraq in 2003 with 3-69 Armor as the battalion chemical officer. Although MAJ McCutcheon was the chemical officer once they touched down in theater he served mainly as a battle...
In this interview, MAJ Eric Sayer, US Army, Chemical, discusses his deployment to Iraq as an Executive Officer/MiTT in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Sayer discusses a typical day in country and talks about the logistical...
In this interview MAJ Deekens describes his deployment with the 25th Special Troops Battalion (STB) to COB Speicher, Iraq in 2006. Right before MAJ Deekens deployed his mission was switched from leading a detachment of Signal Soldiers doing a...
In support of the Global War on Terrorism, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Gibler deployed to Afghanistan from December 2001 to June 2002 as the operations officer for 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Task Force Rakkasan). Then, from October 2004...
MAJ Lance Shaffer serves full time with the US Army National Guard. In this 30 June 2010 interview, MAJ Shaffer discusses his enlisted deployment in support of Desert Storm, his duty immediately after 9/11 on Homeland Defense securing various...
In this interview, MAJ David Cieszynski, US Army, Engineer, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a brigade S4 in 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Cieszynski compares all of his deployments and discusses his role in Operation...
In this interview, MAJ Devin Larson, US Army, Field Artillery (FA), discusses his deployment to Iraq as a brigade military transition team (MiTT) chief in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Larson discusses his interaction with...
MAJ Jeff Struecker served as a chaplain with the 82nd Airborne Division and Ranger Regiment in multiple places in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2003 through 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this...
In this interview, MAJ Jeffrey Nordin, US Army, Engineer, discusses his deployment to Iraq as an assistant MiTT team chief in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Nordin discusses how the pre-deployment training he did at Fort...
In this interview, MAJ Michael Delborrell, US Army, Logistics, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a company commander in 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Delborrell discusses how his prior deployments prepared him for his...
In this interview, MAJ Jason Buursma, US Army, Engineer, discusses his deployment to Iraq as an Engineer advisor for a military transition team (MiTT) in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Buursma describes how his MiTT provided...
In this interview, MAJ Colin Brooks, US Army, Infantry, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Brooks discusses his some successes along with difficult challenges he faced...
In this interview, MAJ Grace Kim, US Army, Adjutant General, discusses her deployment to Iraq as the Battalion S1 in 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Kim discusses her pre-deployment process and the interaction she had with...
In this interview MAJ David Hansen, Military Intelligence (MI) officer, discusses his deployment to Iraq in support of the Extra Judicial Killings (EJK) Task Force in 2006. MAJ Hansen deployed as an individual augmentee to serve as the liaison...
CPT Harlan provides a detail-rich narrative of his service as an Infantry Company Executive Officer (XO) during his first Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) deployment from December 2004 through June 2006. In his narrative, Harlan describes his...