In this interview, MAJ Robert McChrystal, US Army, Infantry; discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as the a company commander leading more than 130 Soldiers in 2007 through 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ McChrystal...
In this interview, MAJ Steven Miskinis, US Army, Military Intelligence MI); discusses his deployment to Iraq as the Night Operations Battle Captain in 2003 through 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Miskinis discusses a typical...
In this interview, MAJ Brian Huskey, US Army, Military Intelligence; discusses his mission to Iraq as a the Task Force Troy Officer in 2006 through 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Huskey discusses a typical day in country...
MAJ Donald Johnson served as the assistant operations officer (S3) and a military advisor to the Iraqi Army (IA) in Tikrit, Iraq during 2004 and 2005 and as company commander in West Rashid, Iraq during 2007 and 2008, both in support of Operation...
MAJ Marc Austin served with Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment in Al Kifel, Najaf, Karbala, Baghdad and Mosul, Iraq during 2003 and 2004, as company commander with 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry in Ba'qubah, Iraq during 2006 and 2007...
In this interview, MAJ Shirley Daniel, US Army, Army Nurse Corps (AN); discusses her deployments to Iraq as a critical care nurse in 2003 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Daniel discusses the role she had in providing...
In this interview, MAJ Joseph Orenstein, US Army, JAG; discusses his deployment to Iraq as the Brigade Judge Advocate in 2006 through 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Orenstein discusses a typical day in theater and describes...
In this interview, MAJ (Ret) Paul Conway, US Army, Infantry; discusses his voluntary deployment to Iraq as part of the National Police Transition Team in 2007 through 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Conway shares why he chose...
In this March 2009 interview MAJ Tamara Funari, Army Nurse Corps discusses her two-year assignment to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) in Germany in support of the Global War on Terror (GWOT). MAJ Funari describes a typical day and typical...
As the Command Judge Advocate of 5th Special Forces Group, Major Mark Holzer reviewed rules of engagement and briefed and de-briefed SOF teams mostly in the Baghdad environs during his March to May 2003 deployment in support of Operation IRAQI...
MAJ Donald Meeks served as company commander of the 64th Military Police (MP) Company, 720th MP Battalion, 89th MP Brigade in Baghdad, Iraq during 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this January 2011 interview, MAJ Meeks...
MAJ Danford Bryant served as a team lead of a Civil Affairs (CA) operation in N'Djamena, Chad during 2007-2008 and as company commander of six CA teams spread out across Africa during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom Trans...
MAJ Michael Whiddon served on a Military Transition Team (MiTT) in Taji, Iraq during 2007 and 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this February 2011 interview, MAJ Whiddon discusses his pre-deployment training, the mission of his...
In this January 2011 interview MAJ Casey Haines, Medical Service Corps (MSC), discusses is 2007-2008 deployment to Balad Iraq with the 412th Aviation Support Battalion (ASB), 12th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB). Initially slated to report as the...
In this January 2009 interview MAJ Ed Twaddell, Infantry, discusses his deployment to Iraq as the company commander of Alpha Company 2-7 CAV in March 2004. MAJ Twaddell describes his movement into theater, the difficultly his company had upon...
In this February 2011 interview MAJ Louis Kangas, Infantry, discusses his 2005-2006 deployment to the areas of Mahmudiyah and Yusafiyah in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). A company commander at the time, MAJ Kangas describes his...
In this interview, MAJ Daniel Rossi, US Army, Logistics; discusses his deployment to Iraq as the operations officer (S3) in 2003 through 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Morgan talks about his missions and the interaction he...
A psychological operations detachment commander with 5th Battalion, 4th PSYOP Group from October 2004 through July 2005, Major Dale Russell was in charge of the PSYOP support element for the Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines, part of...
In this interview, MAJ Jeremy Chapman, US Army, Engineer; discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as the operations officer (S3) in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Chapman discusses a typical day in theater...
MAJ Jeff Duncan served as company commander of the 396th Medical Company (Ground Ambulance) in Tikrit, Iraq during 2007 and 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this March 2011 interview, MAJ Duncan discusses the training he...