Assigned to the CENTCOM Deployment and Distribution Operations Center (DDOC) at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, in 2005-2006, Major Marshal Oller served as an in-transit visibility (ITV) operations officer in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring...
Major Matthew Scalia commanded Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry in Baghdad from May through September 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Scalia begins by noting that much of their predeployment training focused on stability...
In this second part of his two-part interview, Major Matthew Scalia discusses his command of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Baghdad from September 2003 to July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom....
As the assistant brigade engineer for 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, Major Mike Binetti was a staff officer involved in the war plan for the invasion of Iraq and was actively involved...
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...
Major Steve Gilbertson was the aviation plans officer of the 3rd Infantry Division's Aviation Brigade when alerted for deployment to Kuwait and ultimately Operation Iraqi Freedom. Deploying first for Operation Desert Spring, Gilbertson went through...
A member of the 550th Special Operations Squadron (SOS), a training unit based out of Kirtland Air Force Base, Major David Diehl deployed to Incirlik, Turkey, from November to December 2001 as part of a crew of instructors tasked with flying...
Captain Pamela S. Alexander worked in the III Corps communications section during her deployment to Iraq and, at mid tour, became company commander for 313th Signal Company in Baghdad during Operation Iraqi Freedom II. As a company commander she...
CW2 Branam was the senior network tech for Combined Joint Task Force-76/25th Infantry Division while deployed from March 2004 to March 2005 at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan. He discusses the issues they had to overcome in all three phases:...
Major Sonak was commander of Alpha Company Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division during her deployment to Iraq. She describes some of the issues they had during all phases of her deployment including the new fielding of Joint Network Node...
From January 2003 until January 2004 Lieutenant Colonel Walker was 225th Forward Support Battalion Commander during OIF II. He details the types of communications equipment his unit employed while in northern Iraq. He explains the need for secure...
Major Ryan Samuelson served as the pilot of a KC-135R in the 407th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron flying out of Thumrait Airbase, Oman, from January through May 2003 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Flying...
Major James Anderson was the communications officer for 2nd Brigade, 25 Infantry Division during his deployment from January 2004 through February 2005 in north-central Iraq. Anderson discusses the use of mobile subscriber equipment in Iraq and 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...
From May to July 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Allan Selburg commanded Bravo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery - part of 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division - based at Adhamiyah Palace in northeast Baghdad. In this first...
In this second of three interviews covering his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major Allan Selburg discusses his September 2003 through February 2005 service as an observer-controller/trainer team chief and later battalion operations officer...
In this third of three interviews concerning his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major Allan Selburg discusses his March 2005 through March 2006 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, during which he served on a special police...
From January to June 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major Teresa Schlosser, US Army Corps of Engineers, served as the resident engineer in charge of the Bagram runway. At the time, USACE's Bagram resident office was...
From November 2002 through June 2003 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major Tom Sager commanded the 82nd Airborne Division's Long Range Surveillance Detachment (LRSD) - the first LRSD to deploy in the Global War on Terrorism....
From September 2005 through September 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Brann Calvetti served as the field grade commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 501st Special Troops Battalion. In this interview, he...