United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
In this interview MAJ Steve Calder discusses his deployment as part of a 26-man team from the Utah National Guard into Iraq to work with CFLCC as a LNO to the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense (K-MOD). MAJ Calder describes the challenges he faced in the...
In this interview MAJ Ben Miller discusses his deployment to Iraq in 2003 with the 1st BCT, 1st ID out of Fort Riley. MAJ Miller was a company commander of an armor platoon but when he arrived in Iraq his platoon was split up and received...
In this February 2011 interview MAJ Mark O'Neill, Infantry, discusses his 2006 deployment to Afghanistan as a member of an embedded training team (ETT) falling under the 41st Brigade Combat Team (BCT) from the Oregon National Guard. Called up...
In this February 2011 interview MAJ Louis Kangas, Infantry, discusses his 2005-2006 deployment to the areas of Mahmudiyah and Yusafiyah in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). A company commander at the time, MAJ Kangas describes his...
In this March 2011 interview MAJ Phillip Lamb discusses his two deployments to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Lamb spends some time describing the initial invasion into Iraq and his role in it as the petroleum, oil, and...
Major Tarrant was a member of the 7th SFG which primarily handles South America but his team was pulled to do a specific mission with the ICTF in Iraq for seven months. In this February 2010 interview, Major Shane Tarrant, US Army Special Forces,...
MAJ Ed Vedder deployed to Iraq in support of OIF from August 2007 until December 2008 to COB Speicher, Iraq. MAJ Vedder, an attack helicopter pilot, deployed initially as the XO for 1-1 Attack and halfway through the deployment was sent to Fort...
In this interview MAJ Mary Peters discusses her deployment in support of OIF from 2004 until 2005 with 32nd MEDLOG out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. MAJ Peters didn't deploy with the unit but joined them after they'd been on the ground for a...
In this interview MAJ Bruce Carter describes his deployment with the 1-94 FA to Iraq in 2003 and 2004. MAJ Carter was the assistant S3/Battalion liaison officer initially and then took command of the HHS for his unit. Throughout the deployment...
In this interview MAJ Hoyseth describes his deployment experiences to both OIF in 2003 and OEF in 2008. MAJ Hoyseth deployed with 2-7 INF at the very beginning of OIF and was with one of the first units to cross over into Iraq. He discusses his...
In this interview Major Eric Fourroux of the Army Nurse Corps discusses his experienced during his deployment to OIF in 2007 in support of the 610 BSB out of Fort Riley, Kansas. Major Fourroux was the only RN located on FOB Falcon during his tour...
In this interview Major Rauch discusses his deployment to Iraq as the company commander for Alpha Company 47th Combat Support Hospital (CSH), which served at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Diamondback in Mosul from October 2005 until October 2006. ...
In this interview MAJ Walker discusses her deployment as the brigade automation officer for the 4th Brigade Combat Team (BCT) out of Fort Stewart, Georgia in 2005. MAJ Walker had a challenge because with a very limited staff of soldiers she had to...
In this interview CPT Arola discusses his experience as a platoon leader in an AT company from Korea deployed to Iraq in support of OIF in 2004 and 2005. CPT Arola takes us through his daily operations working on MSR Michigan and the difficulties...
In this interview MAJ Lovett discusses his experiences as a member of an embedded training team (ETT) in Afghanistan in 2005. He went as part of the Tennessee Army National Guard who sent 96 soldiers to fill slots for the ETTs. MAJ Lovett...
In this interview MAJ Miller discusses his deployment to Iraq in 2003 and 2004 with the 8th Finance Battalion, 266th Finance Command out of Germany. MAJ Miller's battalion supported the 2nd BCT from the 1st Armored Division and was assigned to...
In this interview MAJ Bonney describes his experiences in support of OIF when he became the rear detachment commander for the 92nd Engineer Battalion. MAJ Bonney discusses challenges he faced during his time as the rear detachment commander and...
In this interview MAJ Mills discusses his deployment to OIF in 2004 as the S2 for 2-7 CAV, 3rd BCT. MAJ Mills goes through the processes that he and his S2 section went through in order to prepare for deployment, deploy, and successfully maintain...
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...