In this interview, MAJ Kimberly Hamilton, US Army, Signal, discusses her deployments to the Philippines as the Director of Communications in 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom Philippines (OEF-P). MAJ Hamilton discusses her missions and...
In this interview, MAJ Shawn Steele, US Army, Air Defense Artillery; discusses his deployments to Iraq as the team executive officer in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Steele discusses a typical day in theater...
In this interview MAJ Terry Dickinson discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as part of the 8th Forward Surgical Team (FST) from Hawaii. MAJ Dickinson was one of nine Professional Army Filler System (PROFIS) Soldiers assigned to the FST. MAJ...
During his November 2004 to November 2005 deployment to Iraq, Staff Sergeant Timothy F. Nein served as the leader of 2nd Squad, 4th Platoon, 617th Military Police Company - a Kentucky National Guard unit - and, in this interview, gives a complete...
In this interview MAJ (CH) Barlow relates how he received notification that he was to mobilize for service in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and how he had to ensure his home church was covered by an interim pastor in order to assure his job after...
A member of the 66th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter pilot, US Air Force Major Dirk Johnson deployed to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, as part of Operation Enduring Freedom from May to September 2002, serving as the...
In this interview MAJ Steve Barry discusses his deployment to Iraq during the initial phases of the war. Deployed to Kuwait for six months prior to the kickoff of OIF I, MAJ Barry describes the time he and his tank company spent training in the...
A US Army Reserve quartermaster officer assigned to 3rd Battalion, 317th Infantry Regiment - an institutional training unit headquartered in Culpeper, Virginia - First Lieutenant Mitchell Wander was mobilized in May 2005, assigned to the 80th...
Colonel John "Mike" Murray served as commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Cavalry Division in Iraq from March 2004 to March 2005. His area of responsibility began as the Green Zone (later called the International Zone) and included...
Captain Bill Meredith served as the Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) for 2-12 Cavalry, out of 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, for the majority of his deployment to Iraq from January 2004 until February 2005. He was located at Camp...
Lieutenant Colonel Cory Mendenhall served as the chief of operations for the Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division during combat operations from the Kuwait border to Baghdad through 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this...
Sergeant First Class Pedro Marrero was with the 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division in Iraq from February 2004 until February 2005. He worked in the brigade tactical operations center (TOC) as the NCO in charge of the TOC and as a battle NCO. His...
In this third of three interviews, Major Tom Chalkley, US Marine Corps, discusses his deployment to Habbaniyah, Iraq, as the leader of a military transition team (MiTT) throughout 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Chalkley's team was...
A tactics instructor at Fort Benning, Georgia, when he received a tasking to lead an 11-man military transition team (MiTT) that would be responsible for advising an Iraqi light infantry battalion, Major David Voorhies deployed in February 2006 on...
During the 101st Airborne Division fight from Kuwait to Baghdad in March and April 2003, Lieutenant Colonel Henry A. "Hank" Arnold served as officer in charge of the division's assault command post, responsible to the commanding general (CG) and...
The United States Armed Forces in Iraq currently provides healthcare for thousands of detainees in U.S. custody. Required healthcare, in accordance with Department of Defense Directive and U.S. Army regulation, for detainees surpasses current...
Asthma is currently the most prevalent chronic disease of childhood, and disqualifying for Army service. This study investigates the utility of existing entrance standards for asthma by reviewing the noneffective rate for asthma among deployed...
This study looks into the underlying reasons the Mormon Battalion was called, organized, and deployed. 1846 was an unsettling year for the United States and the Polk Administration. Possible war with Britain loomed over the Oregon issue, the...
This study examines the medical support of combat operations by the British in the Falklands Campaign of 1982 and by the Americans in the Grenada Expedition of 1983. Recent history portends the increased use of ground combat forces in short...
This study assesses the ability of the United States Army's Signal Corps to respond organizationally technologically, and doctrinally to the changing tactical communication requirements dictated by the character of warfare existing in Europe both...