Major Mike Volpe served as the assistant operations officer, the battalion logistics officer and finally as a rifle company commander for 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry attacking through Iraq to end up in the Mosul region from March 2003 through...
During his May 2005 through May 2006 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Jeffrey O'Sadnick served as the joint staff logistics officer (J4) forward for the Iraqi Assistance Group (IAG). Based at Taji where the Phoenix Academy...
The commander of Fox Troop, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Iraq from March to June 2003, Major Scott Schumacher was responsible for rear line of communications security and then, following the conclusion of the ground war, for initial stability...
In this second of two interviews concerning his Operation Iraqi Freedom deployments, Major Scott Schumacher discusses his April 2005 to March 2006 tour as part of a special police transition team (SPTT). In an Active Component/Reserve Component...
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 on...
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 on...
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...
From January through December 2006, Major Daniel Segura served as the operations officer in Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan's CJ7 engineer directorate, deploying as an individual to fill a joint manning document position. In this, his second of...
Based in Kabul, Afghanistan, and serving as a liaison officer to the Multi-National Brigade, Major Barry Wiltcher was tasked with providing the lash ups between ground forces and U.S. Central Command, to "ensure their missions were nested within...
Major Chris Liermann, Quartermaster Corps, deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom from November 2003 through June 2004. In response to a US Army Training and Doctrine Command requirement, he came from the Combined Arms Support Command at Fort Lee,...
Responsible for managing the Army's military police force with respect to modernization and deployments, and with sourcing units to meet worldwide obligations, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy L. McConico served as the military police organizational...
From September 2005 to August 2006, Major Walter Roberson served as executive officer of a military transition team (MiTT) assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade of the 1st Iraqi Army Division - at the time a tier-one unit that was operating on its...
Major Robert McCaskell was an Active Guard Reserve (AGR) officer, assigned as the operations officer of the Support Battalion of the 196th Infantry Brigade, US Army Pacific (USARPAC) in 2003 when his participation in support of the Global War on...
From November 2005 through November 2006, Major Mike Volpe served as chief of a military transition team (MiTT) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, assigned to advise 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade of the 6th Iraqi Army Division. He begins by...
In command of the Long Range Surveillance Detachment (LRSD) out of the 110th Military Intelligence Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, Major Robert Schexnayder deployed to Afghanistan from July 2003 through May 2004. Initially working in the border...
This interview with United States Air Force (USAF) Security Police Major Jason Beers covers his deployment as commander of a 240-person base security unit - the 586th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron - located near Um Qasr at Camp Bucca in...
Major Kevin Balisky was the assistant operations officer for the 130th Engineer Brigade, deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from March through October 2003. In this interview, he discusses his role and thoughts concerning engineer...
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...
In December 2001, Major Douglas Smith, an Active Guard Reserve soldier, was mobilized along with the 160th Military Police Battalion - an enemy prisoner of war/civilian internee unit - for service in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Over roughly the...
Upon taking command of Alpha Company, 11th Engineers, part of 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq in 2003, Major Mike Binetti, upon redeployment, presided over its reorganization to Echo Company, 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor and, in January...