In this interview, MAJ Michael Willis, US Army, Field Artillery, discusses his operational deployment to Georgia as a Head Company Trainer in 2006 in support of Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). MAJ Willis describes the different types of...
Lieutenant Megan Eldred mobilized in May 2006 as a cross-level filler for the 38th Division Support Command (DISCOM), Indiana Army National Guard, which deployed to Camp Liberty, Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Despite her...
Chaplain (CH) Breckenridge opens his interview with a discussion of how he joined the Army as a mid-30s adult. He describes the process of completing the Chaplain's Candidacy Course and his initial impressions of the Army. Breckenridge details...
CW4 Sawyer notes in his opening remarks that he had just recently returned from a deployment to Iraq while serving as a fixed wing aviator. During the course of his interview he offers several discussions and contrasts of his pre-mobilization...
MAJ Stephen Dondero served as the division supply officer (G4) with Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) 82nd Airborne Division in As Samawah and An Najaf, Iraq during 2002 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this April 2010...
In this interview, MAJ Stephen Sexton, US Army, Chaplain, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Battalion Chaplain in 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Sexton describes how his mission in mentoring his unit and how he was able...
In this interview CPT Rodney Gervais discusses his unique challenges in planning for and conducting pre-mobilization training. In peacetime, Company C is home stationed in Shelbyville, Indiana and is normally Operationally Controlled (OPCON) to...
CPT Mathews discusses conducting a pre-mobilization Network Exercise (NETEX) at Fort Indiantown Gap. The NETEX included training on the Joint Network Node, call manager and other network components. He describes how he felt the training was...
MAJ Mark Andres served as the brigade plans officer, logistics officer (S4) and company commander with 3rd Brigade, 1st CAV in Baghdad and Najaf, Iraq during 2004 and 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this May 2010 interview,...
In this interview, LCDR Michael Goad, US Navy, Intelligence, discusses his 5 month deployment to Afghanistan as an Intelligence Officer in 2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). LCDR Goad discusses a typical day on his ship and...
MAJ Durbin discusses at length the positive impact the Aviation Training Exercise (ATX) had on training his staff to coordinate Aviation Operations in Iraq. Durbin notes that the ATX closely mirrored the actual process in theater, with one notable...
CPT Raychad Vannatta served as company commander of Bravo Company, 1-137th Aviation Regiment at Joint Base Balad (JBB), Iraq during 2008 and 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this December 2009 interview, CPT Vannatta discusses...
In this interview MAJ Watters discusses his deployment to Iraq from September 2004 until September 2005 as the personnel officer (S1) with the 106th Transportation Battalion out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky. MAJ Watters had just returned from a...
In this interview MAJ Thompson discusses his 2007 deployment to Afghanistan as part of an embedded training team (ETT) mentoring the 1st Brigade, 203rd Corps of the ANA. MAJ Thompson was originally part of a team at Fort Riley who went through...
An Active Guard Reserve soldier with extensive civil affairs (CA) experience in the Global War on Terrorism, Major Elizabeth Medina, on 9/11, served as operations officer for the 413th CA Battalion. The following year, she became the G3 plans...
In this third of a three-part interview, MAJ James Kristolaitis continues his discussion about his deployments in support of the Global War on Terror (GWOT). MAJ Kristolaitis takes us through his third deployment to OIF as the company commander...
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...
In this interview MAJ Eddie Mills discusses his deployment to Afghanistan in November 2001 as the mortar platoon leader for 1-87th Infantry out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Soon after 9/11 1-87 was put back on division ready force (DRF) 1 at Fort...
In this interview MAJ Sharon Ramp, a Logistics officer, discusses her deployment to Iraq on a Worldwide Augmentation System WIAS tasking from US Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) in Louisiana. With limited guidance and direction MAJ Ramp arrived in...
In this interview, MAJ Christopher Rozhon, US Army, Logistics, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Forward Support Company Commander in 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Rozhon describes the logistical challenges he faced and...