In this interview MAJ Miller discusses his deployment to Iraq in 2003 and 2004 with the 8th Finance Battalion, 266th Finance Command out of Germany. MAJ Miller's battalion supported the 2nd BCT from the 1st Armored Division and was assigned to...
MAJ Tom Lowman served on the V Corps staff as a future operations planner at Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq and as liaison officer (LNO) in An Najaf, Iraq during 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this March 2010 interview, MAJ...
MAJ Schwaiger provides many detailed vignettes about his experiences while working as the mayor of the Jalalabad, Afghanistan Forward Operating Base (FOB). He discusses in detail the planning and coordination needed to support the surge in forces...
In this interview MAJ Jackson discusses his experiences on a NPTT in support of OIF in 2008 and 2009. MAJ Jackson describes his experiences working with the INP headquarters on FOB Prosperity outside of Taji. He speaks about the training he...
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...
LCDR Marc Davis served as a surface warfare officer with the US Navy on multiple deployments between 2005 and 2008 in support of the Global War on Terror (GWOT). In this April 2010 interview, LCDR Davis discusses some of the differences between...
A classics scholar, New York City district attorney and U.S. Marine Corps reservist, Colonel Matthew Bogdanos volunteered for active duty after September 11, 2001, and joined the hunt for terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq. He is, however, perhaps...
MAJ John Sawyer served as headquarters and headquarters company (HHC) commander and operations officer (S3) with 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division in Tall Afar, Taji and Mosul, Iraq during 2004 and 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom...
In this third of a three-part interview, MAJ James Kristolaitis continues his discussion about his deployments in support of the Global War on Terror (GWOT). MAJ Kristolaitis takes us through his third deployment to OIF as the company commander...
In this interview MAJ Eddie Mills discusses his deployment to Afghanistan in November 2001 as the mortar platoon leader for 1-87th Infantry out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Soon after 9/11 1-87 was put back on division ready force (DRF) 1 at Fort...
In this interview MAJ Sharon Ramp, a Logistics officer, discusses her deployment to Iraq on a Worldwide Augmentation System WIAS tasking from US Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) in Louisiana. With limited guidance and direction MAJ Ramp arrived in...
In this interview, MAJ Eric Sayer, US Army, Chemical, discusses his deployment to Iraq as an Executive Officer/MiTT in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Sayer discusses a typical day in country and talks about the logistical...
In this interview MAJ Loucks discusses her deployment in support of OIF as the company commander for Alpha Company, 327th Signal Battalion, Airborne out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. MAJ Loucks describes the challenges she and her company faced...
In support of the Global War on Terrorism, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Gibler deployed to Afghanistan from December 2001 to June 2002 as the operations officer for 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Task Force Rakkasan). Then, from October 2004...
MAJ Joe Kelly served as the executive officer (XO) and support operations officer (SPO) with the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) in Bagram, Afghanistan during 2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this June 2010 interview,...
In this interview, MAJ Sarah Marsh Read, US Army, Logistics discusses her deployment to Iraq as the division chief for plans officer in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Read discusses a typical day and her interaction with the...
In command of Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment during Operation Phantom Fury - the November 2004 combined-joint assault to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah - Captain Chris Brooke, in this interview, relates in great detail his...
In this interview, MAJ Jeffrey May, US Army, Adjutant General (AG), discusses his deployment to Iraq with a division command group as the secretary to the general staff (SGS) and assistant human resources (HR) officer (G2) in 2005 in support of...
In this interview, MAJ Irvin Jackson, US Army, Logistics, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a company commander in 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Jackson discusses a typical day, some difficult challenges he faced, and...
In this interview, MAJ Colin Brooks, US Army, Infantry, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Brooks discusses his some successes along with difficult challenges he faced...