Major Tony Gainey deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in May 2005 as part of a military transition team (MiTT) assigned to coach, teach and mentor the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Iraqi Army Division: a Kurd and Sunni-Arab mixed unit based at...
From March to August 2004, Major Kevin Kennedy served as the executive officer of 1st Battalion, part of the 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, and spent the entirety of his nearly six-month deployment in downtown Baghdad, primarily the...
Colonel John D. "J.D." Johnson deployed to Iraq as the commander of 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division (AD). Prior to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the 2d Brigade, 1st AD was stationed in Baumholder, Germany. Johnson had been to Kuwait before OIF...
Between June 2004 and June 2007, Major Peter Vien went on three separate deployments from three to six months in length with the Third Army C7 engineer section, during which he spent time in Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Qatar and Uzbekistan...
In this second of two interviews regarding his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major John Athey discusses his May 2005 through May 2006 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as part of the Iraqi Assistance Group's ministry...
In December 2001, Major Douglas Smith, an Active Guard Reserve soldier, was mobilized along with the 160th Military Police Battalion - an enemy prisoner of war/civilian internee unit - for service in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Over roughly the...
Assigned to the CENTCOM Deployment and Distribution Operations Center (DDOC) at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, in 2005-2006, Major Marshal Oller served as an in-transit visibility (ITV) operations officer in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring...
Upon taking command of Alpha Company, 11th Engineers, part of 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq in 2003, Major Mike Binetti, upon redeployment, presided over its reorganization to Echo Company, 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor and, in January...
Major Steve Gilbertson was the aviation plans officer of the 3rd Infantry Division's Aviation Brigade when alerted for deployment to Kuwait and ultimately Operation Iraqi Freedom. Deploying first for Operation Desert Spring, Gilbertson went through...
CW2 Branam was the senior network tech for Combined Joint Task Force-76/25th Infantry Division while deployed from March 2004 to March 2005 at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan. He discusses the issues they had to overcome in all three phases:...
From May to July 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Allan Selburg commanded Bravo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery - part of 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division - based at Adhamiyah Palace in northeast Baghdad. In this first...
In this second of three interviews covering his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major Allan Selburg discusses his September 2003 through February 2005 service as an observer-controller/trainer team chief and later battalion operations officer...
From November 2002 through June 2003 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major Tom Sager commanded the 82nd Airborne Division's Long Range Surveillance Detachment (LRSD) - the first LRSD to deploy in the Global War on Terrorism....
From September 2005 through September 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Brann Calvetti served as the field grade commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 501st Special Troops Battalion. In this interview, he...
In his duty position as S1 of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Major Karl Strellner ran the brigade rear command post co-located in the Brigade Support Area. Always within 30 kilometers (but...
Major Craig Bukowski is a Medical Service Corps officer with prior enlisted experience as a combat engineer and truck driver in the Army Reserve, the Army National Guard and the Regular Army. On September 11, 2001, he was serving as commander of a...
From September 2005 through September 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Craig Bukowski served as the medical plans officer for 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, based in south Baghdad. In this second of two interviews concerning...
In 2004-05 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Jimmy Anderson commanded Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery - part of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division - for the majority of his tour, and then for the remaining...
From March through September 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major James Swift commanded the 426th Forward Support Battalion's supply company - part of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. In this comprehensive interview,...
Major John "J.C." Nalls, an aviator, deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom in mid-2004, diverted from an assignment to the Department of the Army staff. As an individual augmentee first to the Coalition Provisional Authority then ultimately to...