CPT Mattia Zuzzi served with the Garibaldi Brigade of the Italian Army in Nasiriyah, Iraq during 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and in Herat, Afghanistan during 2007 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this March...
From March to November 2004, Major Pete Fedak led a 10-man team that served as advisors to the 6th Battalion, Iraqi Army, training this unit from formation through its participation in Operation Phantom Fury (also known as Al Fajar), the November...
In this interview, MAJ Michael Pecina, US Army, Infantry, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Rifle Company Commander in 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Pecina describes his major responsibilities, a typical day while in...
In this interview Major Rauch discusses his deployment to Iraq as the company commander for Alpha Company 47th Combat Support Hospital (CSH), which served at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Diamondback in Mosul from October 2005 until October 2006. ...
In this interview, MAJ Michael Smith, US Army, Logistics, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Multinational Corps-Iraq in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Smith discusses his reaction upon getting deployment news, his...
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...
In this interview, MAJ Matthew McMillen, US Army, Strategic Plans and Policy, discusses his deployment to Iraq as an Action Officer for Iraqi Security Forces in 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ McMillen discusses a typical day...
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 Steve Calder discusses his deployment as part of a 26-man team from the Utah National Guard into Iraq to work with CFLCC as a LNO to the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense (K-MOD). MAJ Calder describes the challenges he faced in the...
As officer in charge of the 101st Airborne Division Main in Iraq from March to May 2003, Major Susan Arnold - a JAG officer - was involved with targeting and rules of engagement issues during the major combat phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. After...
CPT Leslie relates his experiences as Military Police (MP) Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) deployed in Afghanistan from July-November 2004. While there, Leslie served as part of a Protective Service Detail (PSD) for the commander of the 76th...
In this interview MAJ Jackson discusses his experiences on a NPTT in support of OIF in 2008 and 2009. MAJ Jackson describes his experiences working with the INP headquarters on FOB Prosperity outside of Taji. He speaks about the training he...
LCDR Marc Davis served as a surface warfare officer with the US Navy on multiple deployments between 2005 and 2008 in support of the Global War on Terror (GWOT). In this April 2010 interview, LCDR Davis discusses some of the differences between...
MAJ Michael Crawford served as the battalion operations officer (S3) with the 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery (FA) at Logistical Support Area (LSA) Anaconda during 2007 and 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this April 2010...
MAJ James Kassler served as a personnel mentor and liaison officer (LNO) with a military transition team (MiTT) supporting the Regional Corps Advisory Command (RCAC) under Task Force Phoenix in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan during 2008 and 2009 in...
From June 2004 to June 2005, Major William Kepley was based at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, and served as the Army Central Command (ARCENT) Qatar operations officer. In this capacity, while he managed Class V ammunition for all ARCENT-assigned units...
LCDR David Collis served as an operational logistics officer on the USS Key West during 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), with Navy Central Command (NAVCENT) in Bahrain in 2007 and 2008 and as the logistics officer with a SEAL team...
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...
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...
Air Force MAJ Allen Griffis served as a Weapons Systems Officer (WSO) during the initial air assault of Afghanistan after 9/11 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and as an Electronic Warfare Officer (EWO) with the US Army 1-71 CAV...