Conducted during a February 2007 trip they made to the Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth in order to keep themselves "abreast of the latest doctrinal changes" and acquire the latest information and tools in order to continue professionally...
During his yearlong deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Kevin Broadnax served as commander of Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, part of the 82nd Airborne Division. In this interview, he discusses...
A career conventional officer with extensive post-9/11 experience working with the special operations community, Major James Bogart served as the logistics officer (S4) for 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group from July 2002 through July 2003,...
An Iowa National Guardsman, Captain Aaron Baugher commanded the 58-man 194th Long Range Surveillance (LRS) Detachment, part of the 34th Infantry Division, in Iraq from February 2004 through February 2005. Beginning with discussing the "of little...
Lieutenant Commander Steven Morgenfeld served as a helicopter detachment (DET) officer-in-charge (OIC) from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 49 (HSL-49) onboard USS McCampbell in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines (OEF-P)....
Assigned to the Bahrain-based Middle East office of the Defense Energy Support Center, Major Mendel Waddell served as an Army quality surveillance representative for fuel coming into and out of the U.S. Central Command area of operations. "We...
From March to August 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Jeremiah Jette served as the commander of Bravo Company, 63rd Signal Battalion, attached to the 11th Signal Brigade, and was tasked with providing area signal support to Talil...
At the time he was mobilized for service in the Global War on Terrorism, First Lieutenant Karl Maier, an Army reservist, was serving as commander of Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 317th Infantry Regiment, a training support battalion within the 80th...
Colonel Jeffrey Terhune was the military transition team (MiTT) chief assisting the Iraqi Ground Forces Command (IGFC) during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2006. Normally the capability manager for infantry brigade combat teams and close combat...
A combat engineer officer in the US Army Corps of Engineers, Major Ed Chamberlayne is a veteran of two Global War on Terrorism deployments, the first from June to December 2003 to Iraq where he was in charge of a forward engineer support team...
Major Tito Villanueva served as the commander of Delta Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in 2002 and as the commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 101st Airborne Division during...
Assigned as the tactical command post officer in charge for 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Major William Kinsey deployed to Kuwait in September 2002 for Exercise Intrinsic Action but stayed on to participate in the major combat phase of...
Lieutenant Commander Rick Timms served as the aircraft and mission commander onboard an EP-3 as part of a detachment from VQ-1 based out of Naval Support Activity Bahrain in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in 2001. The US Navy had...
The operations officer for Echo Company, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Major Garret Messner deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines (OEF-P) in January 2002 for a six-month tour. Beyond the difficulties associated...
A Chemical Corps officer serving in Iraq from July through December 2003 with the 5th Special Forces Group - during this period existing as a combined joint special operations task force (CJSOTF) - Major Kenneth Jones was the director of the joint...
A Regular Army signal officer assigned to the 42nd Infantry Division in Iraq from October 2004 to November 2005, Major Rodney Penny augmented the headquarters of the first National Guard division "to be called onto active duty to command and...
Roughly six months after arriving at Allied Joint Force Command-Brunssum, Lieutenant Colonel Todd Guggisberg, in January 2004, deployed to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan, and began serving as the ISAF...
During the 224th Combat Engineer Battalion's January through December 2005 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Lieutenant Colonel Todd Jacobus served as this Iowa National Guard unit's commander. In this interview, he begins by...
In July 2003, Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Sullivan deployed to Afghanistan as the executive officer of 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment and served in this capacity throughout his nine-month tour operating mostly in the country's Paktika...
Commander Jeffrey Bernasconi, United States Navy, served as the main engines officer onboard the USS Germantown in 1991 in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and served as the auxiliaries officer onboard the USS Harry S. Truman...