My field artillery unit was mobilized to perform a non-standard military police mission during Operation Iraqi Freedom II. The unit was part of the largest National Guard mobilization from our state since the Vietnam era. The challenges of...
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...
In this interview, MAJ Corey Givens, US Army, Field Artillery, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Senior Fire Effects Coordinator in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Givens describes a typical day and the challenges he had...
MAJ Jon Pendell served as an information operations officer with 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (ID) Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) in Mosul, Iraq during 2004 and 2005 and as the regimental S7 and Public Affairs Officer (PAO) for 2 Stryker...
CPT Jonathan Larmore served as a chemical officer in Baghdad, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 and as the brigade chemical officer in Diyala Province, Iraq during 2006 and 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this April 2011 interview,...
Called up in May 2005 and given a June report date for predeployment training at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Maryland-based US Army reservist Captain Christopher Isgrig became cross-leveled into the 80th Division (Institutional Training) and joined...
Major Michael Barger, in this second of two interviews, talks about commanding the 324th Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Company in Balad, Iraq, from May 2005 through May 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses using his...
U.S. military, Department of State, and Iraqi officials face many challenges moving a unified Iraq forward. This paper attempts to answer a critical question: Can local Iraqi grassroots councils facilitate a strategic endstate like achieving...
In this interview, MAJ Beau Tibbitts, US Army, Aviation; discusses his deployment to Iraq as the brigade aviation officer (BAO) in 2008 through 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Tibbitts discusses a typical day in theater and...
Colonel John "Mike" Murray served as commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Cavalry Division in Iraq from March 2004 to March 2005. His area of responsibility began as the Green Zone (later called the International Zone) and included...
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...
During Operation Iraqi Freedom II, I was the First Sergeant of Co. A 1I150th AR BN. Our unit conducted Stability and Support Operations from FOB Roughrider. Mission requirements did not require the traditional First Sergeant duties such as casualty...
The 501st Military Police Company would be faced with a lot of unknowns in their deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 07-09 to include the train up leading to the deployment. When your role is unclear and you are not sure of...
Major Jason Sepanic served as the commander of Echo Company, 204th Forward Support Battalion, a medical company in the 4th Infantry Division, during Operation Iraqi Freedom I in 2003-2004. In this interview, he discusses his planning for the...
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...
Captain Christian Solinsky served in Operation Iraqi Freedom II from early 2003 through early 2004 at Ba'qubah, Iraq. His main mission was to train the police although he had no experience as an MP prior to this assignment. Initial training...
In 2006, Hezbollah employed a new type of warfare that it had been perfecting for 24 years. Systematically, Hezbollah adapted its tactics, techniques, and procedures for conducting its operations. This included continued emphasis on Information...
FM 3-0 Operations: the Army's blueprint. General William S. Wallace, U.S. Army; TRADOC's commander introduces the newest version of FM 3-0, Operations, the Army's guide to operating in the 21st century.
There is a debate in the United States Army today that Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Soldiers should learn more about the history of the enlisted ranks and the Non-Commissioned Officer Corps. There are many accounts in the history of this...
Every time you were able to go "out-of-the-wire" and comeback with all your soldiers alive you had a good day. This is what I will remember most about Iraq and the Military Iraq Transition Team (MiTT) that I was a part of during OIF 5-6. Every MiTT...