From August 2003 through January 2004, Major Ronald Beadenkopf - as the liaison from NSA Georgia to Combined Joint Task Force 7 (CJTF-7) on Camp Victory, Iraq- provided reachback signals intelligence (SIGINT) support to CJTF-7 with regards to...
During his May 2005 through May 2006 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Jeffrey O'Sadnick served as the joint staff logistics officer (J4) forward for the Iraqi Assistance Group (IAG). Based at Taji where the Phoenix Academy...
In this second of two interviews concerning his Operation Iraqi Freedom deployments, Major Scott Schumacher discusses his April 2005 to March 2006 tour as part of a special police transition team (SPTT). In an Active Component/Reserve Component...
During his August 2003 through July 2004 deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Major Trent Darling deployed to Afghanistan with the 8th Psychological Operations Battalion and, initially, served as the liaison officer to the joint...
An individual augmentee on a two-month rotation between February and May 2005 with the Office of Military Cooperation-Afghanistan, Major Brent Novak - at the time the chief of West Point's Leader Development Branch - was tasked with helping to...
In this second of two interviews dealing with his Operation Iraqi Freedom experiences, Major Michael Scarpulla discusses his January 2005 through January 2006 deployment as initially the commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1st...
In April 2003, the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) reached the approaches of Baghdad, Iraq, after a record-breaking march from the Kuwaiti border. To test the strength of Iraqi defenses in the capital, 2nd BCT conducted on...
In April 2003, the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) reached the approaches of Baghdad, Iraq, after a record-breaking march from the Kuwaiti border. To test the strength of Iraqi defenses in the capital, 2nd BCT conducted on...
From March through August 2004, Colonel Toby Hale led a team of five mobilized reservists serving under the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team (CMATT) that was tasked with advising the commander and staff of the 3rd Brigade of the Iraqi...
From July 2002 through August 2005, Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Stevenson Jr. was assigned to Joint Force Command-Naples, a NATO regional operational headquarters, at which he served in the CJ5 planning and programming section, overseeing the...
Staff Sergeant Steven Jackson was a Reserve Component soldier who reenlisted on his fiftieth birthday in 2003 after a sixteen-year break in service. After a valuable predeployment train-up at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, he mobilized at Fort Bragg, North...
Part one of the three-part interview with Major Ronald Large of the Military Police Corps deals with his deployment to Israel as commander of the 92nd MP Company prior to the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom with the mission to guard Patriot...
In this the first of four interviews concerning his multiple Global War on Terrorism deployments, Major Jack Noyes discusses his January through May 2002 service with Task Force K-Bar (South), located at Masirah Island, Oman, in support of...
Major Charles Anderson, in this first of two interviews, talks about his deployment as the personnel officer (S1) of the 489th Civil Affairs (CA) Battalion to Afghanistan from March through November 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He...
Major Charles Anderson, in this second of two interviews, discusses his deployment as a civil affairs (CA) team chief to Baghdad, Iraq, initially with 1st Battalion, 37th Armor through 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Anderson had been...
Major Chris Liermann, Quartermaster Corps, deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom from November 2003 through June 2004. In response to a US Army Training and Doctrine Command requirement, he came from the Combined Arms Support Command at Fort Lee,...
In April 2003, the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) reached the approaches of Baghdad, Iraq, after a record-breaking march from the Kuwaiti border. To test the strength of Iraqi defenses in the capital, 2nd BCT conducted an...
In this first of two interviews regarding his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major Gregory Trahan discusses his command of Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan beginning in...
In 2002, Major William B. Burley deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines as a battalion intelligence officer in the 1st Special Forces Group, tasked with aiding the Filipino government in their counterinsurgency mission on the...
The following is part two of a three-part interview with Major Jim McDermott, during the totality of which he discusses his two Operation Iraqi Freedom deployments - the first in 2003 as commander of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry,...