In this second of two interviews with Major Michael Doherty concerning his Global War on Terrorism experiences, he discusses his work on the Force Planning and Integration Team in the Department of the Army, Military Operations-War Plans Division...
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...
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 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...
Major Gittipong "Eddie" Paruchabutr deployed with his military information support team (MIST) from the 5th Psychological Operations Battalion, 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne) in May 2004 to support Operation Enduring...
In this first of three interviews concerning his Global War on Terrorism deployments, Major Edward Croot, US Army Special Forces, discusses his January to May 2002 tour in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, during which he served in 3rd...
In this second of three interviews covering his Global War on Terrorism deployments, Major Edward Croot, US Army Special Forces, discusses his September 2003 through February 2004 deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom...
Major Scott Linton, US Army Reserve (USAR), served as the assistant operations officer of the 1185th Transportation Brigade, USAR. An Active Guard Reserve soldier, Linton was a full-time soldier who deployed with the brigade headquarters for a...
Between June 2004 and June 2007, Major Peter Vien went on three separate deployments from three to six months in length with the Third Army C7 engineer section, during which he spent time in Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Qatar and Uzbekistan...
From October 2005 through April 2006, Major Darren LoRé served as a mobile training team (MTT) leader in Yemen, assigned to train a Yemeni counterterrorist unit. He begins his interview by discussing the predeployment training he and his team...
In this first of two interviews regarding his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major John Athey discusses his post-9/11 service as a theater collection manager at Pacific Command (PACOM), during which he was initially chief of the measurement...
Captain Pamela S. Alexander worked in the III Corps communications section during her deployment to Iraq and, at mid tour, became company commander for 313th Signal Company in Baghdad during Operation Iraqi Freedom II. As a company commander she...
Major Sonak was commander of Alpha Company Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division during her deployment to Iraq. She describes some of the issues they had during all phases of her deployment including the new fielding of Joint Network Node...
From April 2004 through April 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Cathy Wilkinson commanded the 28th Public Affairs Detachment (PAD). In this interview, she begins by explaining how she took command only about 45 days before her PAD...
From January 2006 through January 2007 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Major Darryl Schroeder - an individual augmentee from the 4th PSYOP Group - served as part of Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan and was tasked with...
In 2004-05 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Jimmy Anderson commanded Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery - part of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division - for the majority of his tour, and then for the remaining...
From February 2006 through February 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Greg Lueders served on a military transition team (MiTT) tasked to coach, teach and mentor the 3rd Motor Transport Regiment (MTR) of the 3rd Iraqi Army Division,...
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...
Major (Chaplain) Harry "Chip" Huey redeployed to Iraq for a second tour in February 2004, less than six months after his return from Operation Iraqi Freedom I. Executing an in-country transfer from Hanau to Vilseck, Germany, Huey quickly began to...
A geography instructor at West Point, Major Brian Doyle deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in June 2005 on a two-month mission to advise the National Military Academy of Afghanistan "on how to begin a curriculum in geography." "They...