Major Chris McMartin served as C-130 navigator flight commander with the 738th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in Kuwait in support of the Global War on Terrorism. As a navigator flight commander, McMartin assisted in the personal and professional...
From April 2003 through May 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, CW3 Mark Brubeck (a CW2 at the time) served as the mobility warrant officer as part of HHC, 4th Infantry Division, in the Division Transportation Office. Brubeck was,...
During Major John Gregor's January 2004 to January 2005 deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, he served as the signal officer for 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (Black Jack Brigade). Initially, his brigade headquarters deployed under...
From January 2004 through March 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Jerry Diamond served initially as the logistics officer for the 312th Military Intelligence Battalion and then later as the commander of Alpha Company, 312th MI. In...
Lieutenant Colonel Russell Godsil served as the intelligence officer for 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Baghdad, Iraq, from June 2003 through July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about how the brigade's...
From August 2005 through August 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Erick Sweet served in the brigade aviation element as part of the air defense and airspace management (ADAM) cell for 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division. In this...
Lieutenant Colonel Mark Schmidt has served in a variety of positions as a psychological operations (PSYOP) officer, including Operation Enduring Freedom tours in the Philippines and Afghanistan. In this interview, he talks about PSYOP doctrine as...
Beginning in June 2007, Major Stephen Rhudy served as a military transition team (MiTT) chief tasked to coach, teach and mentor an almost all-Kurdish Iraqi Army battalion. In this interview, he discusses the disappointing predeployment training his...
In this interview with 7th Special Forces Group member Major Richard F. (whose last name was withheld at his request), he discusses being in Special Forces training on 9/11 and the immediate aftermath, the value of said training, how his group’s...
From March through September 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Christopher Brough served as the logistics officer (S4) for 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery, based eventually in Mosul, Iraq. In this interview, he discusses...
The operations officer and, later, executive officer of 3rd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Isom deployed to Camp Victory, Kuwait, in late April 2003 and by mid May was in Iraq, having conducted a relief in place...
From January 2007 through April 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major David Pasquale served as commander Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery (Airborne) and then the fire support officer for the 508th...
Lieutenant Commander Tuan Gormican, in this second of two interviews, talks about serving as a liaison officer between Central Command’s High-Value Individual (HVI) cell and Multinational Force-Iraq’s HVI cell in Baghdad, Iraq from November...
The operations officer for 44th Engineer Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel James Raymer deployed with 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division in August 2004 for a yearlong tour in Ramadi in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, during which the unit worked...
In this interview, Major Eddie Perry, US Army, Military Intelligence Officer, talks about his deployment to Iraq as Battalion S2, Intelligence Officer for 1-6 Iraqi National Police, from February 06 to February 07, in support of Operation Iraqi...
MAJ Paul Oh served as an intelligence officer (S2) with the 2-14 Cavalry Squadron from the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division in Tall Afar, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this November 2009 interview,...
MAJ Kyle Moulton served as the company executive officer (XO) of 27th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade and on a Provisional Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Kunduz, Afghanistan during 2002 and 2003 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom...
In this interview, MAJ Mike Post, US Army, Logistics, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Battalion S3 Officer in 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Post discusses his mission and describes a typical day during deployment. ...
The operations officer for 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment and, later in his tour, the commander of Charlie Company, Captain Bill Coryell and his unit arrived in Iraq in January 2005 and spent the next year based in the Tisa Nissan area of east...
MAJ McEvilly deployed as the S1 for the 38th Division Support Command (DISCOM) to Camp Victory (Baghdad) Iraq from July 2007 to July 2007. He describes the pre-mobilization training for his unit, noting that the training in summer 2006 was well...