During her March 2003 to March 2004 deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM as part of Combined Joint Task Force-76, Major Deitra Korando - an intelligence officer with the 25th Infantry Division - served initially as a battle major in...
A career conventional officer with extensive post-9/11 experience working with the special operations community, Major James Bogart served as the logistics officer (S4) for 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group from July 2002 through July 2003,...
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...
A patient administration officer in peacetime, concerned with things like medical records, admissions and dispositions, during a deployment phase Major Raquel Ernest is a medical regulating officer and, as such, she explained, "My role is to...
During 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines' march from Kuwait to Baghdad in the first weeks of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Major Stephen Van Riper served as both Weapons Company commander and as the battalion's fire support coordinator. Part of the 1st Marine...
Lieutenant Colonel John Norris served as commander of 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry, a newly formed Stryker unit, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004 and 2005. He begins by talking about how enjoyable and challenging it was to stand up a...
A Regular Army signal officer assigned to the 42nd Infantry Division in Iraq from October 2004 to November 2005, Major Rodney Penny augmented the headquarters of the first National Guard division "to be called onto active duty to command and...
Major Kenneth Wical, a quartermaster officer by trade but also a multifunctional logistician, served as a supply and services staff officer under the deputy chief of staff for resources and sustainment of Multinational Force-Iraq in support of...
Major Robin Lau, a National Guardsman from Hawaii, served on a military transition team (MiTT) in Salah ad Din Province from January 2005 through January 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lau begins this interview by noting that the MiTT...
The executive officer of 1st Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Iacobucci deployed from February to July 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi...
The operations officer for 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Iraq from April through July 2003 and then, from July though August 2004 the division deputy G3, Lieutenant Colonel Chuck Hensley begins this interview by discussing his visibility on...
During the run-up and planning portions of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Lieutenant Colonel Matt Redding served as the division transportation officer for the 101st Airborne Division and, as such, helped move the Screaming Eagles from Fort Campbell into...
During his 2003-2004 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Captain Amos Nelson of the Iowa National Guard was in command of the 186th Military Police Company. In this interview, he discusses the predeployment training his unit received...
Major Scott Dickey served as the rear detachment commander for 6th Battalion, 6th Cavalry and the logistics officer for 11th Attack Helicopter Regiment in Balad, Iraq, during 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
First Sergeant Richard Gano Jr. is a 23-year Army veteran and was deployed from 16 November 2003 through 23 October 2004 as the first sergeant for Bravo Troop, 1-14 Cavalry, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. Before deploying, he predicted that...
Lieutenant Colonel Rodney W. Symons II is currently a strategic planner at the US Army's Armor School at Fort Knox. He was deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from July 2004 to July 2005. Symons was initially an advisor to the...
Major Richard Coyle served as commander of the Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment throughout Iraq from April 2003 through July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Coyle's deployment to Iraq was...
Major John Walton commanded Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry around Iskandariyah, Habbaniyah and Fallujah, Iraq from September 2003 through September 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. As he explains in this first of two...
Brigadier General Michael Tucker was the former commander of 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Iraq from April to July 2003. The area of operations under his command was east of the Euphrates River and Baghdad, specifically the districts of...
Colonel (Ret.) Scott Thein served in Iraq from September 2003 through March 2004 as the Division Artillery commander with the 82nd Airborne. He worked primarily at the provincial level and his area of operations was Al Anbar Province. One of the...