MAJ Del Monroy served on a Military Transition Team (MiTT) during 2007 and 2008 in Mosul, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this January 2009 interview, MAJ Monroy discusses the deficiencies of his training at Fort Riley, Kuwait...
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...
From 2003 through 2005, when the plan for using elements of the 98th Division (Institutional Training) to train the new Iraqi Army was developed and executed, Brigadier General Richard Sherlock was its assistant division commander for operations....
First Lieutenant Jeremy Burke, a reservist from the 80th Division (Institutional Training), served on a military transition team (MiTT) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Normally a company executive officer acting as a company commander, he...
Colonel Jeffrey Terhune was the military transition team (MiTT) chief assisting the Iraqi Ground Forces Command (IGFC) during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2006. Normally the capability manager for infantry brigade combat teams and close combat...
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...
The US Army Special Forces are unique tools that were made formal by President John F. Kennedy in 1961. Time honored and ever changing, the Special Forces are now losing its identity as the leader of Unconventional Warfare (UW). Many have found...
From January through December 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Marc Walker served as a military transition team (MiTT) leader in Taji, Iraq, assigned to the logistics battalion for 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division. In this...
MAJ Scott Vervisch served on a military transition team (MiTT) in Taji, Salman Pak and Sadr City, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this February 2009 interview, MAJ Vervisch discusses the MiTT training at...
MAJ James Woods served as the battalion maintenance officer (BM) with the 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division at Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq during 2004 and 2005 and as an Army military advisor to an Iraqi Army battalion in Kuwait and Baghdad, Iraq...
In this interview, MAJ James Morgan, US Army, Adjutant General (AG); discusses his deployment to Iraq as the personnel officer (S1) from 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Morgan discusses a typical day in theater...
With 2nd Brigade of the 75th Division (Training Support) when the call came in December 2004 to deploy the following month to Iraq to work on a military transition team (MiTT) for a year, Major Paul Esmahan was assigned as a logistics MiTT chief...
From November 2006 through November 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major William Arnold served as the executive officer, logistics advisor and some-time intelligence advisor on a military transition team (MiTT), tasked with force...
This manuscript describes how US military advisors prepare for and conduct operations in war. Through two separate year-long combat tours as a military advisor in Iraq, the author brings true vignettes into modern military strategy and operational...
This manuscript describes how US military advisors prepare for and conduct operations in war. Through two separate year-long combat tours as a military advisor in Iraq, the author brings true vignettes into modern military strategy and operational...
Major William Taylor served as a military transition team (MiTT) member in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from December 2005 to December 2006. In this interview, Taylor talks about the MiTTs and the current disconnection from their strategic...
Colonel Charles Augustus "Gus" Stafford was the commander of 3rd Brigade, 85th Division (Training Support) at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, from 2004 through 2005 when the 98th Division (Institutional Training) received their predeployment training...
In this second of two interviews with Major Michael Doherty concerning his Global War on Terrorism experiences, he discusses his work on the Force Planning and Integration Team in the Department of the Army, Military Operations-War Plans Division...
From November 2005 through November 2006, Major Mike Volpe served as chief of a military transition team (MiTT) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, assigned to advise 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade of the 6th Iraqi Army Division. He begins by...
Major Mark Gillespie served as the assistant team leader on a military transition team (MiTT) around Baghdad from May 2005 through June 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about the focus of predeployment...