In this second of two interviews, Major Todd Terral talks about commanding the 606th Transportation Detachment at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, from March 2005 through March 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He discusses...
Chief Warrant Officer John Groseclose served as the officer in charge of the tactical human intelligence (HUMINT) team section for Charlie Company, 501st Military Intelligence Battalion in Baghdad, Iraq, through 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi...
On 9/11, Major David Short was the assistant operations officer for 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, based out of Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia. In this interview, he discusses his unit's activities in the...
Major Craig Martin served as the intelligence officer for 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry and the assistant operations officer for the 501st Military Intelligence Battalion in Baghdad from April through December 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi...
In this first of two interviews, Major Scott Morrison, United States Air Force, talks about serving in the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) division of the combined air operations center for Central Command at Al Udeid Airbase,...
From September 2006 through November 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Alan Bal served as the deputy G9 / civil-military operations planner for the 1st Cavalry Division in Baghdad. In this interview, he discusses first how, back in...
Major Steve Wright served as the officer-in-charge of programs, policy and personnel actions for Multinational Force-Iraq’s (MNF-I) Directorate of Personnel at Camp Victory, Iraq, from February 2007 through April 2008 in support of Operation...
In this third of four interviews, Major J.T. Torrain talks about serving as the team chief for a military transition team in Taji and Samarra, Iraq, from May 2006 through April 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses how much he...
From March through September 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Christopher Brough served as the logistics officer (S4) for 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery, based eventually in Mosul, Iraq. In this interview, he discusses...
In this three-part interview, Lieutenant Colonel Scott “Soup” Campbell, United States Air Force, talks mainly about his support of March 2002’s Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan in his capacity as an A-10 flight commander and the chief of...
Major Gilbert White commanded the Kalsu Replacement Company in Mosul and Baghdad, Iraq from May 2003 through February 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about the difficulties of deploying a garrison which had...
The operations officer and, later, executive officer of 3rd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Isom deployed to Camp Victory, Kuwait, in late April 2003 and by mid May was in Iraq, having conducted a relief in place...
In this first of two interviews, Major Shawn Carden talks about serving as the communications officer for 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group in Kandahar, Afghanistan from January through June 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He...
In this two part-interview about his experiences in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Matthew Konz discusses his March 2003 through January 2004 deployment as commander of Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry, part of the 101st...
An operations officer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf Region Division, Major John Henderson - himself a licensed engineer - supported Operation IRAQI FREEDOM from January to June 2004. Working out of Victory Base, Henderson's office...
Major Ryan Morgan commanded Charlie Company, then Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment from Kuwait to Mosul, Iraq from February 2003 through March 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this...
In this first of three interviews, Major Shawn Kahler talks about serving as the transportation officer for the 24th Corps Support Group in Kuwait up to Baghdad, Iraq from January through September 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He...
Major Dave Waters, in this second of two interviews, talks about commanding the Pathfinder Company, 101st Airborne Division throughout Iraq from June 2003 through January 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses the ease of changing...
From March 2004 through April 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Jason Kidder served as the deputy operations officer for 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division in Northeast Baghdad (Sadr City). In this two-part interview...
In this interview, Major Christopher Longo, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Squadron Intelligence Officer in April 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Longo describes his living conditions and discusses his personal...