Part of a 10-man advisor support team assigned to the 7th Iraqi Army Battalion and located principally at the Kirkush Military Training Base and the nearby town of Balad Ruz from March through November 2004, Major Robert Dixon was tasked with a...
In this interview, MAJ Robert Kellam, US Army, Logistics, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a MiTT Chief in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Kellam describes his immediate thoughts when he arrived in country, a typical week...
This interview with Army reservist Lieutenant Colonel John C. Curwen, formerly the commander of 2nd Battalion, 304th Regiment, part of 1st Brigade, 98th Division (Institutional Training), deals with his 2004-2005 deployment in support of Operation...
MAJ Timothy Diley served as the Brigade Fires Coordinator of 18th Brigade, 5th Iraqi Division Military Transition Team (MiTT) at Kirkush Military Training Base, Diyala Province, Iraq during 2008 and 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)....
At the time of this interview the division budget officer for the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Major Paul Loncle - during his 2004-2005 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom - served as an officer education system (OES)...
Staff Sergeant Brian Charnock, a reservist from the 98th Division (Institutional Training), served as a member of an advisor support team (AST) in Iraq in 2004-2005. He starts this interview by saying that, while his initial impression of their...
From March through November 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Bill Adler served on a 10-man advisor support team (AST) made up of personnel from the Grizzly observer-controller (OC) team at the Combat Maneuver Training Center in...
MAJ Al Roach served as the brigade executive officer (XO) on one of the first Border Transition Teams (BTTs) in Taji, Ba'qubah and Kirkush, Iraq during 2006 and 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this February 2010 interview, MAJ...
Currently the chief of force generation at Fort Leavenworth's Joint Center for International Security Force Assistance, Colonel Sean Ryan, in mid 2004, was "brought in … to assist Brigadier General Richard Sherlock" - assistant division commander...
In this third of three interviews, Major David Motes talks about being a member of the military transition team (MiTT) for the Iraqi 2nd Motor Transportation Regiment (MTR) stationed in Numaniyah from January through December 2005 in support of...
Major LaDaryl Franklin served as a military transition team (MiTT) chief with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division from April 2007 through April 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, Franklin discusses...
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 Rich Martin served as commander of Delta Troop, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry in Iraq during 2003, on a military transition team (MiTT) in Diyala Province, Iraq during 2006 and 2007, and as battalion executive officer (XO) for 4-227th Attack...