Major Tarrant was a member of the 7th SFG which primarily handles South America but his team was pulled to do a specific mission with the ICTF in Iraq for seven months. In this February 2010 interview, Major Shane Tarrant, US Army Special Forces,...
MAJ John Fivian served as company commander of a military police (MP) company in Bagram, Afghanistan during 2002 and 2003, as chief of operations with the 16th MP Brigade at Victory Base, Baghdad, Iraq during 2006 and 2007, and as the operations...
In this interview, MAJ Thomas Harris, US Army, Infantry, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Battalion National Police Transition Team Chief in 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Harris describes a typical day, and how he was...
In this interview MAJ Hoyseth describes his deployment experiences to both OIF in 2003 and OEF in 2008. MAJ Hoyseth deployed with 2-7 INF at the very beginning of OIF and was with one of the first units to cross over into Iraq. He discusses his...
In this interview, MAJ Jeremy St. Laurant, US Army, Logistics, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ St. Laurant describes his first reaction to arriving in country and how...
In this interview MAJ Walker discusses her deployment as the brigade automation officer for the 4th Brigade Combat Team (BCT) out of Fort Stewart, Georgia in 2005. MAJ Walker had a challenge because with a very limited staff of soldiers she had to...
In this interview MAJ Lovett discusses his experiences as a member of an embedded training team (ETT) in Afghanistan in 2005. He went as part of the Tennessee Army National Guard who sent 96 soldiers to fill slots for the ETTs. MAJ Lovett...
MAJ McEvilly deployed as the S1 for the 38th Division Support Command (DISCOM) to Camp Victory (Baghdad) Iraq from July 2007 to July 2007. He describes the pre-mobilization training for his unit, noting that the training in summer 2006 was well...
Soon after his redeployment from Bosnia, Robert D. Guy received the unwelcome news that he was slated to fill a vacancy with the soon to mobilize 1st Battalion, 293rd Infantry of the Indiana Army National Guard. The 1-293 IN was scheduled to...
In this interview MAJ Mills discusses his deployment to OIF in 2004 as the S2 for 2-7 CAV, 3rd BCT. MAJ Mills goes through the processes that he and his S2 section went through in order to prepare for deployment, deploy, and successfully maintain...
MAJ Schwaiger provides many detailed vignettes about his experiences while working as the mayor of the Jalalabad, Afghanistan Forward Operating Base (FOB). He discusses in detail the planning and coordination needed to support the surge in forces...
In this interview, MAJ Jeffrey Niemi, US Army, Logistics, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Brigade S4 Support Officer in 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Niemi describes changes he noticed throughout his deployment and...
Lieutenant Megan Eldred mobilized in May 2006 as a cross-level filler for the 38th Division Support Command (DISCOM), Indiana Army National Guard, which deployed to Camp Liberty, Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Despite her...
CPT Polyniak discusses his deployment in support of the Global War on Terror from 22 March thru 10 November 2008 at Joint Base Balad (JBB). This deployment was CPT Polyniak's fourth, and he provides many interesting contrasts with his earlier...
In this interview MAJ Heidi Urben discusses her 2004 to 2005 deployment to Afghanistan with the 25th ID as the intelligence officer for the plans section. The 25th ID deployed as the Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF)-180, later re-designated...
In this interview MAJ Michelle Williams discusses her deployment to Baghdad, Iraq from October 2003 until February 2004 as the Alpha Detachment commander for the 208th Finance Battalion out of Mannheim, Germany. She didn't originally deploy with...
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...
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 Eddie Mills discusses his deployment to Afghanistan in November 2001 as the mortar platoon leader for 1-87th Infantry out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Soon after 9/11 1-87 was put back on division ready force (DRF) 1 at Fort...
In this interview MAJ Sharon Ramp, a Logistics officer, discusses her deployment to Iraq on a Worldwide Augmentation System WIAS tasking from US Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) in Louisiana. With limited guidance and direction MAJ Ramp arrived in...