From March 2003 through March 2004, Major Dennis Van Wey supported Operation IRAQI FREEDOM as part of the 418th Civil Affairs Battalion, a Reserve unit out of Belton, Missouri. Based initially in Ba'qubah with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th...
In this interview, MAJ Anthony Gore, US Army, Infantry; discusses his 15-month deployment to Iraq as the assistant operations officer (S3) and then transitioned into company commander in 2006 through 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom...
In this interview Major Irmischer discusses his deployment in support of OIF in April 2003 to Ba'qubah, Iraq. Major Irmischer was an Engineer assigned to the headquarters company of the 588th Engineer Battalion and served as a planner on the staff...
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...
Major Steve Bert commanded Bravo Company, 588th Engineer Battalion in Ba’qubah, Iraq, from April through July 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about a substantial change in his company’s leadership prior...
The commander of 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004-2005, Colonel Steven Bullimore, in this interview, begins by explaining how he went about re-training his artillery soldiers to be infantrymen and...
Sergeant First Class Pedro Marrero was with the 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division in Iraq from February 2004 until February 2005. He worked in the brigade tactical operations center (TOC) as the NCO in charge of the TOC and as a battle NCO. His...
From January 2005 through January 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Lieutenant Colonel Rich Creed served as the operations officer for 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor - part of 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division - in the Ba'qubah area of...
During his 2007-2008 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Jeremy Jelly served as the executive officer on a military transition team (MiTT) tasked with coaching, teaching and mentoring the 5th Iraqi Army Division. In this...
MAJ Marc Austin served with Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment in Al Kifel, Najaf, Karbala, Baghdad and Mosul, Iraq during 2003 and 2004, as company commander with 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry in Ba'qubah, Iraq during 2006 and 2007...
Part two of the interview with Lieutenant Colonel Ed House covers his January to June 2005 Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment as the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division S3, during which he was based in Ba'qubah (FOB Warhorse) and worked under the...
In this first of two interviews, Major Don Stewart talks about commanding Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 67th Armor in Ba’qubah, Iraq, from April through September 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses how the training his...
In command of 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 2-63 Armor - attached to Task Force 2-2 Infantry, specifically the Brigade Reconnaissance Troop, for purposes of November 2004's Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr) - Captain Neil Prakash was in charge of two...
Major (Chaplain) Harry "Chip" Huey redeployed to Iraq for a second tour in February 2004, less than six months after his return from Operation Iraqi Freedom I. Executing an in-country transfer from Hanau to Vilseck, Germany, Huey quickly began to...
The following is a group interview conducted with three former 1st Infantry Division soldiers concerning their experiences in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Jason Bell served from February 2004 through March 2005 with Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron,...
The following is a group interview conducted with three former 1st Infantry Division soldiers concerning their experiences in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Jason Bell served from February 2004 through March 2005 with Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron,...
The following is a group interview conducted with three former 1st Infantry Division soldiers concerning their experiences in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Jason Bell served from February 2004 through March 2005 with Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron,...
Lieutenant Colonel Shane Lee served as the executive officer of 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment - part of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division - in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from April to July 2003. In this interview, he...
Major Christopher Hartline deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from April 2003 through January 2004 as the commander of Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. They had several...
MAJ Ellis Barnes served as the battalion logistics officer (S4) of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (ID), Stryker Brigade, 5-20 Infantry in Mosul, Tall Afar and Baghdad, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 and as company commander of Alpha Company5-20...