MAJ Andrew Watson served as commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Troop (HHT) of 3d Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment during 2005 at Forward Operation Base (FOB) Falcon in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this February 2009...
The intelligence officer (S2) for 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Major David King deployed to Afghanistan in January 2002 in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. "I didn't go out into the hinterland. I didn't deal with...
In this interview, Major Brian Neill, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Quartermasters Officer in January 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Neill discusses his personal experience with deployment while his wife was also...
In this interview, MAJ Leland Waldrup, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Captain, Battery Commander in April 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF). MAJ Waldrup discusses his responsibilities during deployment and and the...
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...
MAJ Del Monroy served as the intelligence officer (S2) for the 3-504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) during 2003 and 2004 in Khowst, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this January 2009 interview, MAJ Monroy...
In this interview, MAJ Jack Owens, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as the Battalion Maintenance Officer and Battery Commander in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Owens discusses his personal experience with...
MAJ Glenn Harwood served as the tiral counsel, brigade Judge Advocate General (JAG) for the 75th Field Artillery Brigade during 203 in Tallil and Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this first of two interviews in January...
MAJ Dale DeStefano served as the brigade supply officer (S4) for the newly designated 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (BfSB), formerly the 504th Military Intelligence (MI) brigade, during 2008 and 2009 at Contingency Operating Site (COS)...
In this interview, MAJ Rebecca Hazelett, US Army, talks about her deployment to Baghdad, Iraq as a Company Commander in 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Hazelett discusses her first reaction to arriving in theater and what a typical...
In this interview, MAJ Michael Votca, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in July 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Votca discusses the Iraqi elections and the challenges he had to overcome from his...
In this interview, MAJ Cecil Stewart, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Battle Captain in February 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Stewart discusses his personal experience with being in direct line of fire and his...
In this interview, MAJ Jade Hinman, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as part of the Military Training Team (MiTT) in 2007. MAJ Hinman discusses his reasoning for volunteering to deploy, how he was able to boost morale as leader and...
A Missouri National Guardsman, Major Michael Kitchens served with the 40-member 135th Rear Operations Center at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, for 10 months, beginning in May 2003. In his force protection unit, Kitchens monitored and analyzed intelligence...
In this interview, MAJ Jennifer Farrell, US Army, talks about her deployment to Iraq as a Detachment Commander in October 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Farrell discusses her personal experience with the transitioning into country...
MAJ Lynda Gerhart served as a military intelligence (MI) officer and headquarters commander of 15th MI Battalion, Aerial Exploitation in Balad, Iraq during 2004 and 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this December 2009 interview,...
MAJ Darin Gaub served as the aviation task force intelligence officer (S2) and the headquarters and headquarters company (HHC) commander of the 2nd Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment of teh10th Mountain Division in Kandahar, Afghanistan during 2003...
In this interview, MAJ Silas Bowman, US Army, Combat Engineer, discusses his deployment to Iraq as Company Commander in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Bowman discusses a typical day during deployment and his experience with...
Maj Lou Albano served as the director of standardization and safety (DOS) for Heavy Helicopter Squadron-361 (HMH-361) in Al Asad, Iraq during 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In the second of two January 2009 interviews, Maj...
MAJ Pete Hathaway served as the assistant operations officer (S3) with the 1-227th, 4th Brigade, 1st CAV in Taji, Iraq during 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In the second of three February 2009 interviews, MAJ Hathaway briefly...