In this February 2011 interview, MAJ Phillip Reilly, Finance Corps, discusses his 2003-2004 deployment to Iraq as the Signal officer (S6) and Finance officer handling primarily vendor pay issues in theater. Assigned to the newly formed 101st...
The chief of patient administration for the 86th Combat Support Hospital attached to Task Force 261, Major Rachele Smith deployed with the unit to Karshi-Kanabad, Uzbekistan, in December 2001, supported Operation ENDURING FREEDOM from there - with...
In this interview, Major Randall Risher, US Marine Corps, talks about his deployment to Nasiriyah and Baghdad in Iraq as a logistics officer in support of 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines in January 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Risher...
During his 2005-06 deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Major Randolph Morgan served as the operations officer for Task Force Guardian, the military police brigade charged with overseeing all MP functions in country....
MAJ Randy James served as the 3rd Battalion, 229 Aviation S2 Intelligence Officer in Bagram, Afghanistan in 2002 and 2003 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In this 8 October 2008 interview, MAJ James discusses the benefits of high altitude...
MAJ Randy James served as the aviation unit maintenance commander for the 4th Battalion, 227th Regiment, 1st Cavalry during 2006 and 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this October 2008 interview, MAJ James...
In this interview, MAJ Rebecca Hazelett, US Army, talks about her deployment to Kuwait as a Detachment Commander in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Hazelett discusses her movement over and the reception into Japan and the challenges...
MAJ Rich DiMeglio served as the brigade Judge Advocate General (JAG) at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Kalsu in Iraq during 2006 and 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this February 2009 interview, MAJ DiMeglio discusses the wide...
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...
In this first of two interviews, Major Richard Feltzer discusses serving as the aviation maintenance officer for Alpha Company, 7th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment in Kuwait and Iraq from February 2003 through February 2004 in support of...
Major Richard Feltzer, in this second of two interviews, discusses commanding Alpha Company, 7th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment in Tikrit, Iraq, from September 2005 through October 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He talks about the...
Major Rich Garey deployed as the assistant operations officer (S3) with the 75th Ranger Regiment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from August through November 2005. He participated in the operational planning, mission...
Major Rich Garey deployed as the commander of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry, 10th Mountain Division to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in July 2003. He initially flew into Bagram and then moved his company to two...
Major Richard Hetherington served as a liaison officer (LNO) between the Combined Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC), the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense (MoD), and the American Embassy in Kuwait from August 2002 through August 2003 in support of...
As an Active Component, Reserve Component team chief based at Fort Stewart, Georgia, Major Richard Mohr oversaw the training mainly of National Guard units that were preparing to deploy in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Specializing in...
In this February 2009 interview MAJ Richard Sweet, Aviation, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a member of a Special Police Transition Team (SPTT) in 2006. MAJ Sweet discusses his pre-deployment training at Fort Hood, Texas and how his team came...
Major Rob Manley served as legal advisor for the 1st Special Forces Group in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines from April to August 2002. During the preparation for this deployment, Manley's wife gave birth to their child. The...
In this interview MAJ (CH) Barlow relates how he received notification that he was to mobilize for service in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and how he had to ensure his home church was covered by an interim pastor in order to assure his job after...
Major Rob Arnold returned from his deployment with Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) and joined the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team as the military police plans officer in January 2004. In August 2005, Arnold deployed with the 172nd as the...
Having been assigned to V Corps Artillery since January 2001, Major Robert Berg supported Operation IRAQI FREEDOM through August 2003 principally as the logistics officer (G4); he also, however, filled the roles of ammunition officer and...