In this interview MAJ Whittenburg discusses his deployment with 10th SFG to Iraq in 2004. MAJ Whittenburg paints a very interesting picture of what life is like on a SF team and what kinds of missions they do when deployed. MAJ Whittenburg relays...
A team leader with the 96th Civil Affairs (CA) Battalion, Major Larry Dewey and his four-man team were attached to Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group from February to May 2003 and conducted civil-military operations in northern...
Soon after the end of the Persian Gulf War in 1991, the Kurdish people of northern Iraq rebelled against the regime of Saddam Hussein. The rebellion was violently crushed by the Iraqi military resulting in over 1 million Kurdish refugees throughout...
MAJ Matt McQuilton served as the battalion logistics officer (S4) in Irbil, Iraq in 2003 and as headquarters and headquarters company (HHC) commander in Mosul and Baghdad, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In...
In this first of two interviews, Major Sean Williams talks about serving as the fire support officer for 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group in Irbil and Mosul, Iraq from March through June 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He...
An Iowa National Guardsman, Captain Aaron Baugher commanded the 58-man 194th Long Range Surveillance (LRS) Detachment, part of the 34th Infantry Division, in Iraq from February 2004 through February 2005. Beginning with discussing the "of little...
Given the focus on the Brigade Combat Team as the Army's primary combat unit, the limited availability of U.S. Air Force airlift assets, and the U.S. Army history of employing predominantly medium sized airborne units, future airborne operations in...
Attached to the 10th Special Forces Group during two separate deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom - the first from March to May 2003 with 2nd Battalion, the second from January to June 2004 with 3rd Battalion - Major Steven Nosbisch...
In this interview, MAJ Rich Morgan, US Army, Military Intelligence (MI); discusses his deployment to Iraq as part of a Border Transition Team (BTT) from 2006 through 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Morgan discusses building...
MAJ Wilfredo Franceschini served as battalion and brigade assistant intelligence officer (S2) and Headquarters and Headquarters Company executive officer (XO) in Bashur, Irbil and Kirkuk, Iraq during 2003 and 2004, as assistant battalion S2 in...
This essay describes the operations of a US Army infantry battalion as it prepared for combat at its home base in Europe and fought in northern Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The actions described were carried out by the 1st Battalion...
This group interview took place on 26 September 2008 at Fort Gordon, Georgia, and included a disparate group of Army officers, all attending the Signal S6 course, who were sharing their experiences during the Global War on Terrorism. Captain...
During his 2003-2004 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Chaplain (Major) Ken LeBon served as chaplain for the 37th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne), operationally controlled by the 101st Airborne Division, and operating in...
As officer in charge of the 101st Airborne Division Main in Iraq from March to May 2003, Major Susan Arnold - a JAG officer - was involved with targeting and rules of engagement issues during the major combat phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. After...
Prior to my arrival at the 57th Transportation Battalion, Fort Lewis, Washington, the unit had been designated for deactivation. Units belonging to the battalion were selected for deactivation or in the process of being reassigned to other...
Major George Walter served as commander for the 173rd Combat Support Company out of Vicenza, Italy, and deployed in March 2003. Walter filled the role as the engineer advisor to the brigade commander. The company was comprised of one sapper...
During his 2003-2004 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Chaplain (Major) Ken LeBon served as chaplain for the 37th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne), operationally controlled by the 101st Airborne Division, and operating in...
During his February 2004 to January 2005 deployment to Mosul in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Hastings commanded the 139th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, a split-state Illinois and Wisconsin National Guard unit...
Major Jeffrey Witt served as a plans officer for logistics plans at the Multinational Brigade-Northwest headquarters in the Nineveh, Irbil and Dahuk Provinces of Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Witt describes in the interview some of...
Captain Jon M. Trolla served in two rotations as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). He first served six months at Camp Victory in Baghdad as a battle captain then served as the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) engineer for Task Force Freedom, a...