In this second of two interviews, Major Scott Morrison, United States Air Force, talks about commanding the intelligence flight for Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, at Al Udeid Airbase, Qatar from January through May 2007 in support of the...
In this first of four interviews, Major Ramiro Santoyo, US Air Force, talks about serving as a troop commander in the 41st Electronic Combat Squadron on Camp Snoopy, Qatar from November 2002 through April 2003 in support of Operation Enduring...
In this third of four interviews, Major Ramiro Santoyo, United States Air Force, talks about serving as the chief of weapons and tactics for the 755th Operations Support Squadron in Baghdad, Iraq, from March through June 2007 in support of...
Major Dave Hammerschmidt, United States Air Force, in this second of two interviews, talks about serving as the chief of logistics for the Air Mobility Operations Group at Ramstein, Germany from June 2004 through September 2007 in support of the...
In this first of two interviews, Major Dave Waters talks about commanding Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 327th Infantry from Kuwait north through Iraq to Baghdad and Mosul from February through June 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He...
From January through August 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Steve Wood served as the logistics officer for 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry, part of 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division. In this two-part interview, he discusses his...
As an All Source Intelligence Technician with 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division in Tikrit, Iraq, from March 2003 to March 2004, Chief Warrant Officer Bryan Gray provided the brigade commander, Colonel James Hickey, with tactical intelligence...
In this interview, MAJ Matt Simons, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Battery Commander in October 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF). MAJ Simons discusses his pre-deployment training and describes his personal move...
In this interview, MAJ Rebecca Hazelett, US Army, talks about her deployment to Kuwait as a Detachment Commander in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Hazelett discusses her movement over and the reception into Japan and the challenges...
MAJ Jason Enyart served as an infantry officer in command of Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment during 2003 in Khowst, Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In...
MAJ John Chung served as company commander of Delta Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion in Afghanistan during 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In the last of three February 2009 interviews, MAJ Chung discusses the training regimen...
US Air Force Major Jasen Beckman served as an aircraft commander of a B-1B Lancer during 2006-2007 and 2008-2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this February 2010 interview, MAJ Beckman...
In this interview, MAJ Robert Krieg, US Army, Field Artillery, discusses his deployment to Iraq as an MNCI/Joint Fires Liaison in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Krieg discusses why he volunteered to deploy and his first reaction to...
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...
MAJ Chris Barker served as the Joint intelligence (J2) operations officer with a Joint Special Operations Task Force (JSOTF) in Baghdad, Iraq during 2003 and the intelligence training officer and the executive officer (XO) of a Military Transition...
MAJ Thomas Whipple served as the movement control team (MCT) leader with the 53rd Transportation Brigade in Kuwait and Tallil Air Base, Iraq during 2003 and as forward support company (FSC) commander for 2-227th Aviation in Taji, Iraq during 2006...
MAJ Marc Austin served with Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment in Al Kifel, Najaf, Karbala, Baghdad and Mosul, Iraq during 2003 and 2004, as company commander with 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry in Ba'qubah, Iraq during 2006 and 2007...
MAJ Rich Martin served as commander of Delta Troop, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry in Iraq during 2003, on a military transition team (MiTT) in Diyala Province, Iraq during 2006 and 2007, and as battalion executive officer (XO) for 4-227th Attack...
In this interview, MAJ Kelvin Pennill, US Army, Engineer, discusses his 12 month deployment to Iraq as an Engineer Project Officer before changing command to company commander for the 18th Engineer Brigade in 2005 through 2006 in support of...
In this interview, MAJ James Martin, US Army, Civil Affairs (CA), discusses his deployment to Iraq as the CA officer (S9) in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Martin discusses a typical day in theater and describes...