Major Hurel Johnson deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom as a volunteer from the US Army Reserve to embed as a trainer and mentor with the Afghan National Army (ANA). Turning over Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 75th Division (Training...
Major William Moen deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom as commander of Alpha Company, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Infantry Division. Having taken command in May 2003, Moen and his company experienced some soldier and leader turbulence in preparing...
From May 2005 through May 2006, Major Omega Harris served as a battalion military transition team (MiTT) leader in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he discusses his predeployment training, his working relationship with the...
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...
As part of the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team, Major Jeffrey Allen served as senior advisor to the 18th Battalion, New Iraqi Army, and leader of the advisor support team during roughly half of his August to December 2004 deployment in...
Major Lanny Mihelich, Transportation Corps, deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom as a military transition team (MiTT) member in mid-2006. Predeployment training at Fort Riley, Kansas, took place as the 1st Infantry Division returned from OCONUS,...
In this first of two interviews regarding his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major Scott Pierce, US Marine Corps, discusses his role as executive officer of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, which was stood up as a battalion landing team (BLT) for...
From December 2005 through December 2006, Major Tony Nichols served as the military transition team (MiTT) leader assigned to coach, teach and mentor two different Iraqi Army units: initially the 1st Iraqi Division Motor Transport Regiment and...
From June through November 2006, Lieutenant Colonel Doug Lilly - a foreign area officer - supported Operation Enduring Freedom from Kabul as the regional engagement cell chief of Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan's political-military integration...
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...
In January 2002, Major Charmaine Betty-Singleton deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as the command judge advocate for the 513th Military Intelligence Brigade. Based at Camp Doha in Kuwait for most of her tour, she did, however, make...
Assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 82nd Signal Battalion, Chaplain (Major) Gary Payne deployed to Kuwait in early 2003 and, since he had already had combat zone experience from Operation Desert Storm, was chosen to serve as the division rear...
Between March 2003 and March 2004, Major Mary Beth Taylor served as battalion S3, then XO, of the 180th Transportation Battalion, 64th Corps Support Group. Her unit was part of Task Force Iron Horse that moved heavy and non-roadable equipment for...
Serving with the 366th Fighter Wing and supporting the 28th Expeditionary Bomb Wing during the pre-hostilities and early phases of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, U.S. Air Force Major Joseph Prue worked in the Mission Planning Cell and was the space...
From January 2005 through January 2006, Major Cecil Woode served as the operations and support operations officer (S3/SPO) advisor for the military transition team (MiTT) assigned to the 1st Iraqi Motor Transport Regiment - the first such unit...
From August 2005 through December 2006, Major Joseph Blanding deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as the operations officer for the 172nd Stryker Brigade's Brigade Support Battalion (BSB). In this interview, he discusses the...
Major Mark Gilmore deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom as the Charlie Company commander, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry from Fort Riley, Kansas. Preparing for a National Training Center rotation, his battalion began training in July 2003 relying on...
In this second of two interviews regarding his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major Scott Pierce, US Marine Corps, discusses his continuing role as executive officer of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, this time during and immediately following...
In April 2003, Major Wayne Sodowsky deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as the assistant operations officer of the 70th Engineer Battalion, part of 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division - a mechanized combat engineer unit. After doing a...
Colonel Don C. Young served as the commander of the 1st Armored Division Engineer Brigade with responsibility for Baghdad, Iraq from May 2003 on. In the interview he discusses the logistics surprises he experienced with port operations in Kuwait....