MAJ John Sawyer served as headquarters and headquarters company (HHC) commander and operations officer (S3) with 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division in Tall Afar, Taji and Mosul, Iraq during 2004 and 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom...
In this interview, MAJ Sean Heenan, US Army, Engineer, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Heenan describes a typical day, how he was able to transition after a change in...
In this interview, MAJ Etienne Sabate, US Army, Field Artillery, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Battery Commander in 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Sabate discusses his role in country and his experience with being...
In this interview MAJ James Edwards discusses his 14-month deployment to Iraq and Balad Air Base. Initially serving as the brigade chemical officer at the 12th Aviation Brigade, MAJ Edwards was given the opportunity to command the Headquarters and...
LTC Christopher Dessaso served as the operations officer (S3) and as commander of a newly-formed transition team with the 3-89 CAV in Baghdad, Iraq during 2007-2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this May 2010 interview, LTC...
MAJ Durbin discusses at length the positive impact the Aviation Training Exercise (ATX) had on training his staff to coordinate Aviation Operations in Iraq. Durbin notes that the ATX closely mirrored the actual process in theater, with one notable...
CPT Raychad Vannatta served as company commander of Bravo Company, 1-137th Aviation Regiment at Joint Base Balad (JBB), Iraq during 2008 and 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this December 2009 interview, CPT Vannatta discusses...
In this interview MAJ Watters discusses his deployment to Iraq from September 2004 until September 2005 as the personnel officer (S1) with the 106th Transportation Battalion out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky. MAJ Watters had just returned from a...
In this third of a three-part interview, MAJ James Kristolaitis continues his discussion about his deployments in support of the Global War on Terror (GWOT). MAJ Kristolaitis takes us through his third deployment to OIF as the company commander...
In this interview, 1Lt Bernadette Collins, US Army, AG, discusses her deployment to Iraq as a Adjutant General Branch Officer in 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). 1LT Collins discusses in detail the pre-mobilization actions she and...
In this interview, MAJ Andrew Ferguson, US Army, Signal, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a battle captain in 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Ferguson discusses a typical day, his interaction with the Iraqi's along with...
In this interview, MAJ Jeffrey Nordin, US Army, Engineer, discusses his deployment to Iraq as an assistant MiTT team chief in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Nordin discusses how the pre-deployment training he did at Fort...
During November 2004's Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr) in Fallujah, Iraq, Captain James Cobb served as the fire support officer for 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment. Attached to Marine Regimental Combat Team 7 for purposes of this...
In this interview, MAJ Andrew Mack, US Army, Logistics, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a company commander in 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Mack talks about his move into the four locations of his missions and...
In this interview, MAJ Kevin Salge, US Army, Infantry, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a company commander in 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Salge describes his mission and his role in leading troops and how he was able...
In this interview, MAJ Jason Buursma, US Army, Engineer, discusses his deployment to Iraq as an Engineer advisor for a military transition team (MiTT) in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Buursma describes how his MiTT provided...
In this interview, MAJ Sean McMahon, US Army, judge advocate general (JAG), discusses his operational deployment to Iraq as brigade JAG in 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ McMahon compares his four deployments and explains his...
MAJ Chris Barker served as the Joint intelligence (J2) operations officer with a Joint Special Operations Task Force (JSOTF) in Baghdad, Iraq during 2003 and the intelligence training officer and the executive officer (XO) of a Military Transition...
MAJ Jorge Dolmo served as the ammunition planner for US Army Central Command (ARCENT) at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait during 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this August 2010 interview, MAJ Dolmo...
MAJ Charles Milliner served as the assistant operations officer (S3) and fire support officer (FSO) in An Najaf and Mosul, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and as commander with 741st Explosive Ordnance...