The purpose of this study was to investigate how the 1st Sustainment Brigade (SB) reduced customer wait time (CWT) in Multi-National Division-Baghdad (MND-B) from October 2007 to January 2008. A secondary objective was to determine what affect...
From January to July 2006, Major Beth Behn served as the terrain manager for the Victory Base Complex as part of the Directorate of Public Works in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. She worked for the 17th Field Artillery Brigade, which was...
MAJ Dale DeStefano served as the brigade supply officer (S4) with the 504th Military Intelligence (MI) brigade during 2006 and 2007 at Victory Base Complex (VBC), Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this first of two...
In this May 2009 interview MAJ Russ Kinzie, Field Artillery (FA) discusses his surprise deployment to Iraq as a member of the 130th FA Brigade staff as their targeting officer. Not only was MAJ Kinzie not expecting to deploy but he was not...
MAJ Jack Sander served as the commander of the 270th Signal Company and the special troops battalion (STB) operations officer (S3) during 2008 and 2009 at Victory Base Complex (VBC), Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In...
In this May 2009 interview MAJ Bob Orsi, Military Intelligence (MI), discusses his deployment to Iraq in 2007 as an individual augmentee to Multi-National Corps-Iraq (MNC-I). MAJ Orsi volunteered to fill the deputy counterintelligence (CI)/human...
From January 2005 through January 2006, the 2nd Battalion 299 Infantry’s primary mission was to conduct base defense operations of Camp Victory, Iraq. The mission required manning of four entry control points, 12 perimeter towers, and to manage...
MAJ John Cherry served as the operations officer (S3) with the 2-395th Field Artillery (FA) battalion during 2004 and 2005 at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this October 2008 interview, MAJ...
In this interview LTC Completo discusses his short-notice deployment to Iraq to fill a general medical doctor (GMO) for the Level II medical treatment facility supporting 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment out of Germany. The unit was originally located...
In this interview, Maj Frank Reyes, US Air Force, Security Forces, discusses his deployments to Iraq as part of the lead security forces advisor in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Maj Reyes details some missions he...
This paper describes some of the key events, lessons learned and best practices from my deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom II from January 04-January 05. 1 will discuss the major operations in chronological order, from the convoy to the...
Ordered to war, Task Force (TF) Thunderbolt l-252d Combined Arms Battalion (CAB) mobilized, deployed and conducted Full Spectrum Combat Operations in Iraq. TF Thunderbolt learned new lessons, pursued the enemy with proven doctrine, adapted, and...
MAJ Dale DeStefano served as the brigade supply officer (S4) for the newly designated 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (BfSB), formerly the 504th Military Intelligence (MI) brigade, during 2008 and 2009 at Contingency Operating Site (COS)...
In this interview, MAJ Barry Kimmons, US Army, Civil Affairs, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Headquarters Company Commander in 2009 in support of Operation Iraq Freedom (OIF). MAJ Kimmons describes a typical day, his mission and his role as...
MAJ McEvilly deployed as the S1 for the 38th Division Support Command (DISCOM) to Camp Victory (Baghdad) Iraq from July 2007 to July 2007. He describes the pre-mobilization training for his unit, noting that the training in summer 2006 was well...
LTC Young relates his experiences with receiving a recall notification for mobilization after an 11-year stint in the Individual Ready Reserves (IRR). After his recall at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Young reported to Fort Rucker, Alabama for...
In this interview CPT Wayne Sanders, Military Intelligence (MI), discusses his deployments to Iraq in 2004 and 2006. A trained SIGINT officer CPT Sanders deployed initially with his platoon in 2-14th CAV from the 1-25th Stryker Brigade Combat Team...
In this interview, COL Jay Jerrils shares his experiences as the Camp Victory (Baghdad, Iraq) Mayor. He describes his duties involving regular interaction with civilian contractors and Air Force engineer staff in maintaining the base life support...
In this interview, MAJ James Martin, US Army, Civil Affairs (CA), discusses his deployment to Iraq as the CA officer (S9) in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Martin discusses a typical day in theater and describes...