In this first of two interviews, Major Zac Vann talks about serving as the assistant maneuver planner for the 3rd Infantry Division from Kuwait to Baghdad, Iraq in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses watching a SCUD missile...
In this second of two interviews, Major Melissa Carter talks about serving on a military transition team for the Iraqi 1st Motorized Transportation Regiment in Habbaniyah, Iraq from May 2007 through April 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom....
In this second of two interviews, Major Shawn Kahler talks about serving as the logistics officer for 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery and commanding Forward Support Company, 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery on Forward Operating Base Remagen...
Major Dave Waters, in this second of two interviews, talks about commanding the Pathfinder Company, 101st Airborne Division throughout Iraq from June 2003 through January 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses the ease of changing...
In the third of three interviews, MAJ Bill Dougherty discusses his second deployment to Iraq in April of 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Dougherty talks about the differences in his two deployments to Iraq, the deficiencies in...
In this interview, Major Joseph Giusti, artillery officer with the 101st Airborne Division, talks about his deployment to Kirkuk in Iraq as the Company Commander of HHB, 2nd Battalion, 320th Artillery in September 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi...
MAJ Brennan Cook served as the Security Company Advisor to the 3rd Motor Transport Regiment (Iraqi Army) in 2006 and 2007 in Al-Kisik, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this 11 August 2009 interview, MAJ Cook discusses the...
In this interview, Major Christopher Longo, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Squadron Intelligence Officer in April 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Longo describes his living conditions and discusses his personal...
In this interview, Major Joe Ybarra, Texas Army Reserves National Guard, talks about his deployment to Afghanistan as a Company Commander in May 2005 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Ybarra discusses his personal challenges he...
In this interview, Major Phillip Kiniery, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in August 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Kiniery discusses his experience with the pre-deployment training and also...
MAJ Randy James served as the 3rd Battalion, 229 Aviation S2 Intelligence Officer in Bagram, Afghanistan in 2002 and 2003 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In this 8 October 2008 interview, MAJ James discusses the benefits of high altitude...
MAJ Randy James served as the aviation unit maintenance commander for the 4th Battalion, 227th Regiment, 1st Cavalry during 2006 and 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this October 2008 interview, MAJ James...
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...
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...
The Supply Company commander for Combat Service Support Battalion 18 - part of Combat Service Support Group 15, 1st Force Service Support Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force - during the major combat phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Major...
MAJ Jennifer Gruber served as the Company Commander of Alpha Company 2-10 Aviation in Kandahar, Afghanistan and as night battle captain at the brigade intelligence (S3) shop at the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) in Bagram, Afghanistan during...
MAJ Drew Phillips served as a historian attached to the 82nd Airborne Division during 2007 in Bagram, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this May 2009 interview, MAJ Phillips discusses the lack of any kind of...
From March 2003 through March 2004, Major Dennis Van Wey supported Operation IRAQI FREEDOM as part of the 418th Civil Affairs Battalion, a Reserve unit out of Belton, Missouri. Based initially in Ba'qubah with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th...
In this interview, MAJ Sean Coakley, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Coakley describes an incident of a soldier within his unit and how it affected his...
MAJ Josh Gillen served as the headquarters and headquarters company (HHC) commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Signal Battalion in Bagram, Afghanistan during 2007 and 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In the second of two February...