In this first of two interviews covering his two Operation Iraqi Freedom deployments, Major Tom Vogel discusses his role as the logistics officer for 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group in the Kurdish Autonomous Zone in 2003. His battalion's...
Colonel Lou Marich served as the engineer brigade commander for the 1st Armored Division from July 2003 through July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, initially and primarily based in Baghdad and then moved south during the division's...
During his 2003-2004 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Eric Puls served initially as commander of the aviation aircraft maintenance troop in 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment (4th Infantry Division) and, later, as commander...
The commander of Charlie Troop, 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry - part of 3rd Infantry Division - Major Jeff McCoy participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom from the opening of major hostilities in March 2003 through his redeployment approximately three...
In April 2003, the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) reached the approaches of Baghdad, Iraq, after a record-breaking march from the Kuwaiti border. To test the strength of Iraqi defenses in the capital, 2nd BCT conducted an...
In July 2003, Major Tideman Penland - a JAG officer with the 1st Armored Division - arrived in Iraq to serve initially as the senior legal advisor to the division rear based at Camp Dogwood, and his duties included leading and managing the legal...
The former commander of 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment during its transformation to a Stryker unit, Colonel Emmett Schaill deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from September 2004 through June 2005 as the deputy commanding officer...
From the onset of major combat operations in Iraq through his redeployment in June of 2003, Major John Cochran ran the current operations cell as the 11th Attack Helicopter Regiment's assistant operations officer. In this first of two interviews...
In this first of two email interviews, Major Nick Brown, US Marine Corps, discusses being deployed to Jalibah Airfield, Iraq, as the logistical staff watch officer to the 3d Marine Aircraft Wing during 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
From May to September 2002, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Shenk (then a major) served as a battalion operations officer with the 101st Aviation Regiment, an assault helicopter unit of Blackhawks and Chinooks....
The Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) commander for 4-64 Armor, part of 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division in 2002-2003, Major Jeff Powell deployed with his company to Kuwait in November 2002 to join the CONUS Crisis Response Force...
Coming from the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School at Fort Bliss, where he'd been an instructor, Major Michael Melito - during the major combat phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM - was assigned as an individual augmentee to 1st Battalion, 3rd Air...
During his 2005-06 deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Major Randolph Morgan served as the operations officer for Task Force Guardian, the military police brigade charged with overseeing all MP functions in country....
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...
Following his March to June 2002 deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - where he served as operations officer of 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, which had responsibility for external security and detainee transfers at Camps X-Ray and Delta -...
Major Mark Gilmore deployed to Iraq for his second tour of duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom as the leader of a military transition team (MiTT) in September 2006. He reported first to Fort Riley, Kansas, to undergo immersion training at FOB Victory,...
Major Mark Gillespie served as the assistant team leader on a military transition team (MiTT) around Baghdad from May 2005 through June 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about the focus of predeployment...
From March through November 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Bill Adler served on a 10-man advisor support team (AST) made up of personnel from the Grizzly observer-controller (OC) team at the Combat Maneuver Training Center in...
Major James C. Schwartz served as the commander of Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery - attached to 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment - in support of 3rd Infantry Division's cavalry squadron as it moved north to Baghdad during the...
Lieutenant Colonel Daryle Hernandez served as the executive officer for 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry in the Al-Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, from March 2004 to March 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). When the squadron arrived in...