During the planning and major combat operations phases of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Colonel Russell Thaden was the deputy G2 for V Corps. Responsible for "ensuring that the entire staff was updated on the current intelligence situation" and for...
Major Betsy Atherton found out in August 2004 that she would be going to Afghanistan as the personnel officer for the 10th Sustainment Brigade. She departed in February 2006 and set up in Bagram as part of a joint logistics command. She served as...
Major Thong Nguyen deployed to Iraq in 2003, 2004 and 2005 doing counterintelligence (CI) and some human intelligence (HUMINT) work. On the various deployments, he worked from the tactical level up through the strategic level. He always deployed as...
Sergeant Major Michael Clemens was right in the middle of the Army transformation process when he was told his unit would be going to Iraq. His unit was converting from an Infantry unit into a Cavalry unit. He deployed to Iraq in August 2006 as...
Major John Bates, a field artillery officer in the Kentucky National Guard, supported Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan from 2005-2006. During the first half of his tour, which began in mid-2005, he served on an embedded training team...
A veteran of seven deployments to Italy for Bosnia and Kosovo, U.S. Air Force Major David Harris flew 20 combat missions as an MC-130H Talon II navigator in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Forward based out of Romania, Harris' 7th Special...
Major Deb MacKay, United States Air Force, served as the chief of intelligence, weapons and tactics for the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Al Jaber Air Force Base, Kuwait and Tallil Airbase, Iraq from February through August 2003 in support of...
In this first of two interviews, Major Jay Bruns talks about serving as a battle captain on the operations staff of the 519th Military Police (MP) Battalion around Kandahar, Afghanistan from January through June 2002 in support of Operation...
In this second of two interviews, Major Jay Bruns talks about commanding the 204th Military Police Company in Baghdad, Iraq from April through September 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses the operational tempo of the company...
Major Dan Fortin, a field artillery officer from the Canadian Army, deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, in January 2004 as the G3 chief of operations (CHOPS) of the Kabul Multinational Brigade (KMNB). At the time, Kabul was...
Lieutenant Colonel Scott Farquhar served as a military transition team (MiTT) leader from May 2007 until May 2008 to advise a brigade of the Iraqi 3rd Infantry Division in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Farquhar and his team completed...
From April to June 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Peter Elstad deployed to Iraq with a Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) team as the information operations subject matter expert, focused on how the 4th Infantry and 101st...
In this two-part interview regarding his Global War on Terrorism deployment experiences, Major Jay Miseli discusses his service as the Headquarters and Headquarters Company commander for 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor - part of 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry...
In this two-part interview regarding his Global War on Terrorism deployment experiences, Major Jay Miseli discusses his service as the Headquarters and Headquarters Company commander for 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor - part of 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry...
Major Stephen Shrader served as the HHC commander for 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry - part of 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division - from March 2003 to July 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Shrader first deployed from May 2002 to December...
Based in Jacobabad, Pakistan during the course of his January to May 2002 deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Major Brian Beckno - in this first of two interviews focusing on his Global War on Terrorism deployments - discusses his...
The assistant operations officer for 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, Major D. Jones and his unit was tasked with conducting mainly unconventional warfare in northern Iraq during the major combat phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Fighting...
In 2003, the Army Field Support Command (AFSC) and the Joint Munitions Command (JMC), collocated at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, began a comprehensive oral history project aimed at chronicling a full-spectrum slice of the commands' role in...
In 2003, the Army Field Support Command (AFSC) and the Joint Munitions Command (JMC), collocated at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, began a comprehensive oral history project aimed at chronicling a full-spectrum slice of the commands' role in...
In 2003, the Army Field Support Command (AFSC) and the Joint Munitions Command (JMC), collocated at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, began a comprehensive oral history project aimed at chronicling a full-spectrum slice of the commands' role in...