Apache Troop 1/2 ACR received the order to move to Camp Golf located in the center of Al Kufa and An Najaf on 17 April 2004. Upon arriving our mission was to locate and eliminate Sadr’s Mahdi Army, which was responsible for the uprising of...
The lightning campaign that toppled the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq in the spring of 2003 seemed to herald the arrival of a new way of war, as Germany's blitzkrieg had done at the beginning of World War II. But the initial victory soon devolved...
As the commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 82nd Airborne Division, during the major combat phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Major Timothy Atkins was tasked with a wide range of administrative and logistical responsibilities...
MAJ Travis Habhab served as an Apache pilot in Taji, Iraq during 2004 and 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this February 2010 interview, MAJ Habhab discusses his unit's role in reconnaissance missions and convoy security, his...
MAJ Stephen Dondero served as the division supply officer (G4) with Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) 82nd Airborne Division in As Samawah and An Najaf, Iraq during 2002 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this April 2010...
Assigned as the tactical command post officer in charge for 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Major William Kinsey deployed to Kuwait in September 2002 for Exercise Intrinsic Action but stayed on to participate in the major combat phase of...
This second of two interviews with Lieutenant Colonel Bentley Nettles deals with his July 2004 through January 2005 deployment as the information operations (IO) field support team chief for III Corps in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He...
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...
Major Matthew Payne served as commander of Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, 3rd Infantry Division. 1-9 Field Artillery was direct support to the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team in support of Operations Desert...
During the 101st Airborne Division fight from Kuwait to Baghdad in March and April 2003, Lieutenant Colonel Henry A. "Hank" Arnold served as officer in charge of the division's assault command post, responsible to the commanding general (CG) and...
In January 2007, President of the United States George W. Bush announced a strategy called the New Way Forward in Iraq, a departure from the National Strategy for Victory in Iraq announced only thirteen months previous. Additionally, President Bush...
Major John Grantz deployed as the assistant S3 for 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division in February of 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In part one of his two-part interview, he begins by...
The operations officer and, later, executive officer of 3rd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Isom deployed to Camp Victory, Kuwait, in late April 2003 and by mid May was in Iraq, having conducted a relief in place...
In this two part-interview about his experiences in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Matthew Konz discusses his March 2003 through January 2004 deployment as commander of Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry, part of the 101st...
From September 2002 through July 2003, Major Peter Zike served as a liaison officer (LNO) with Combined Joint Task Force 180. "During that time," he said, "I visited Afghanistan and Uzbekistan and worked in the headquarters for General Tommy Franks...
Major Larry Burris commanded Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division during the opening days of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Commanding for 22 months, Burris deployed his company to Kuwait attached to 1st...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
From January 2004 through January 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Darren Keahtigh served as commander of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry - part of 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division - and was based variously in Baghdad...
MAJ Charles Milliner served as the assistant operations officer (S3) and fire support officer (FSO) in An Najaf and Mosul, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and as commander with 741st Explosive Ordnance...
In command of Alpha Company, 1-64 Armor - part of 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division - during both Operation Desert Spring in Kuwait (March to September 2002) and then Operation Iraqi Freedom (from March 2003 until he relinquished command in...