Major Jeffrey Holmes, in this second of two interviews, talks about his deployment as a battle captain for Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) detainee operations, also known as Task Force (TF) 134, at Victory Base, Iraq, from August 2004 through...
In this second of two interviews, Major Jay Bruns talks about commanding the 204th Military Police Company in Baghdad, Iraq from April through September 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses the operational tempo of the company...
Major Mark Gillespie served as the assistant team leader on a military transition team (MiTT) around Baghdad from May 2005 through June 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about the focus of predeployment...
In this second part of his two-part interview, Major Matthew Scalia discusses his command of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Baghdad from September 2003 to July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom....
MAJ Eric Robinson served as a Quartermaster officer in the Central Command Joint Staff (CENTCOM J4) in Kabul, Afghanistan during 2007 and 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this July 2010 interview, MAJ Robinson discusses 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...
The commander of the 65th Military Police Company under 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Major Sarah Albrycht deployed from November 2001 through August 2002, first to Uzbekistan, then to Afghanistan...
Major Doug Watkins served as the brigade judge advocate for the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in Taji, Iraq, from December 2005 through December 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Upon arriving in Iraq, Watkins went...
Major Jon-Paul Maddaloni deployed as a part of a border transition team (BTT) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from January 2006 to February 2007. In this interview, Maddaloni discusses the transition team's predeployment training and...
LTC Young relates his experiences with receiving a recall notification for mobilization after an 11-year stint in the Individual Ready Reserves (IRR). After his recall at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Young reported to Fort Rucker, Alabama for...
A member of the 66th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter pilot, US Air Force Major Dirk Johnson deployed to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, as part of Operation Enduring Freedom from May to September 2002, serving as the...
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...
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...
Major Shane Celeen, Armor Branch, deployed his company - Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor (2-70), part of 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kansas - after a six-month trainup in March 2003. New to the company, his unit had...