A company commander in 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment from May 2001 to December 2002, Major Matt Tolle was stationed at Fort Irwin, California, where he was part of the opposing force (OPFOR) for units getting ready to deploy in...
Major Christopher Niesen served as an Active Component/Reserve Component (AC/RC) advisor to the 29th Brigade, Hawaii National Guard in 2004 in support of a deployment to the Horn of Africa (HOA) as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. In this...
In this second of two interviews, Major Steven Fandrich discusses being an Active Component/Reserve Component unit trainer for the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Athens, Tennessee, from July 2004 through July 2006, assisting Reserve and National...
Serving as the intelligence advisor on a military transition team (MiTT) in Iraq from January 2005 through January 2006, Major David Longbine was involved in the teaching, coaching and mentoring of the 1st Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division's...
Major William Rom is a combat engineer with an ROTC commission. Posted to an advisory billet as an Active Component/Reserve Component soldier with the 187th Engineer Battalion, Rock Hill, South Carolina, he helped prepare several National Guard...
Major Matt Jordan, a member of the Arkansas National Guard, served as an Army fixed-wing pilot in Balad, Iraq, from November 2006 through November 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about preparing and deploying...
Major Sidney Harris served as the plans officer for the fusion cell of the 143rd Transportation Command in Shuaybah, Kuwait, from July 2005 through April 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about the challenges...
MAJ Craig Love served as Alpha Company commander with 3-66 Armor in Baiji, Ira during 2003 and 2004 and with an Active Component/Active Reserve (AC/RC) unit in Baghdad, Tall Afar and Samarra, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi...
From June 2004 to June 2005, Major William Kepley was based at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, and served as the Army Central Command (ARCENT) Qatar operations officer. In this capacity, while he managed Class V ammunition for all ARCENT-assigned units...
A trainer from August 2003 through June 2006 in the 196th Training Support Brigade, Major Donald Evans - in response to a U.S. Central Command tasking - led a six-man team to Djibouti from May to November 2005 in support of the Joint Special...
A team chief and later executive officer of 2nd Battalion, 305th Field Artillery Regiment - part of 3rd Brigade, 87th Division (Training Support) at Camp Shelby, Mississippi - from 2003 to 2005 Major David Pierce was responsible for the...
For most of his January to November 2005 deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Major Christopher Plummer served as the training and fielding officer for the entire Afghan National Army (ANA), focusing on marksmanship, small unit...
From the time 9/11 hit until June 2004, when he left to join the 1st Cavalry Division already in Iraq, Major Lee Overby served with 3rd Brigade, 87th Division (Training Support) at Camp Shelby, Mississippi - specifically in the field artillery...
Major Douglas Keeler served as the ground operations officer, responsible for tracking ground units within their area of responsibility, for the Combined Forces Land Component Command/Third Army in Kuwait during 2003 and 2004 in support of...
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...
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...
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...
The following is part one 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,...
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,...
The following is part three 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,...