Serving in 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment - part of the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM - Major Charles O'Brien commanded a tank company during (and for roughly one month following) the conclusion of...
Ms. Stephanie Miley returned to Iraq to lead a provincial reconstruction team (PRT) in April 2006. A Foreign Service officer, economic officer and volunteer for duty in Iraq, Miley had previously served in the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA),...
In this third of three interviews reference his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major Jason Warner discusses his February to November 2006 deployment to Afghanistan, during which he served initially as the military intelligence company (MICO)...
Mr. Gregory Burton, Foreign Service, US State Department, volunteered for duty as a member of a provincial reconstruction team (PRT) in Afghanistan. From duty in 2005 as an economic officer with the American Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, Burton...
From March through September 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major James Swift commanded the 426th Forward Support Battalion's supply company - part of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. In this comprehensive interview,...
Major Matthew Payne served as commander of Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, 3rd Infantry Division. 1-9 Field Artillery was direct support to the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team in support of Operations Desert...
Major R.J. Garcia served as a company commander in 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment between Camp Udairi, Kuwait, and the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) from January through July 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He begins his...
In this interview, Mrs. Catherine Payne shares her experiences as the wife of a US Army officer, Major Matthew Payne, who has been on two separate overseas deployments in support of the Global War on Terrorism: one to Kuwait and then Iraq from...
From March 2004 through January 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Jack Midyette commanded Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB), 1st Battalion, 113th Field Artillery, part of the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina...
Lieutenant Commander Dan Davidson, US Navy, deployed to the Global War on Terrorism in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) from November 2002 through June 2003. A naval supply officer, Davidson, who received his...
Chaplain (Major) Harry "Chip" Huey deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) I and II. His first deployment was the chaplain of the 485th Corps Support Battalion (CSB), V Corps, in March 2003. The CSB, after several false starts between their...
During his 2004-2005 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Craig Schuh worked principally as the operations officer for Task Force 134's Joint Interrogation and Debriefing Center (JIDC), based at the Abu Ghraib and Camp Bucca...
An officer in the Australian Army, Major Jamie McDonald served as the C3 operations officer in charge of the Joint Operations Center in Multi-National Corps-Iraq (MNC-I) Headquarters from September 2004 to April 2005. Based at Camp Victory in...
Major Carlos Platero of the El Salvadoran Army deployed to Iraq with the Cuscatlan Battalion for a six-month rotation in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. From 13 February 2005 until 23 August 2005, this battalion was a part of the Multinational...
In this second of two interviews, Major Jason Curl discusses his command of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment around Fallujah, Iraq, from August 2003 through April 2004 in support of Operation...
From March to September 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major John Polidoro, US Marine Corps, served as executive officer of the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, and was based at Camp Korean Village...
On 9/11, Major Tim Shaffer was the commander of Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery, part of the 1st Cavalry Division based at Fort Hood, Texas, and in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks - in support of Operation...
Major Jeff Schrick deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003 as commander of G Troop, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, XVIII Airborne Corps, out of Fort Polk, Louisiana. He deployed his unit on four days notice on 27 C-5s. They flew into...
Major Leslie Steele deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom from Hawaii to Fort Hood, Texas, in January 2006. At Fort Hood, Steele and what became his team conducted two months of training. Training included range time with everything from individual...
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...