From 2003 through 2005, when the plan for using elements of the 98th Division (Institutional Training) to train the new Iraqi Army was developed and executed, Brigadier General Richard Sherlock was its assistant division commander for operations....
CH (MAJ) Steve Prost served as the gospel service chaplain at Camp Rustamiyah during 2003 and 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this June 2011 interview CH Prost discusses his change from the Judge Advocate General corps to the...
The commander of 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment and then G3 operations officer for the 101st Airborne Division during Operation Iraqi Freedom I - his first tour in Iraq - Colonel Bill Hickman spent his second, from July 2005 to July 2006,...
Colonel Jody Daniels, a reservist who served formerly with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), deployed to Iraq as a member of that division's survey team, and later became the Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq joint staff...
At the time of this interview the commander of 3rd Brigade, 98th Division (Institutional Training) - a Reserve unit headquartered in Rochester, New York - Colonel Lawrence J. Kelly played a key role in the 2004-2005 Iraqi Army training and advisory...
In support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Colonel Peter "Duke" DeLuca commanded the 101st Airborne Division's 326th Engineer Battalion during the major combat phase and then, from June 2004 through June 2005, served as the J7 engineer for Lieutenant...
Having served two tours of duty during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Colonel Richard O. Hatch brings a unique perspective to the War on Terrorism. First, he was staff judge advocate for the 101st Airborne Division, reporting to (then) Major General...
Captain Shawn O'Brien served on a military transition team (MiTT) initially with the 9th Iraqi Army Division's Logistics and Administration (L&A) Battalion and then later with the 1st Motor Transport Regiment in the areas of Al Rashid and...
The experience I will be discussing is my deployment to Iraq working with Iraqi military academy (AI Rustamiyah). I was deployed there from March 18ili, 2004 through March 10th 2005. My assignment at the unit during my deployment was as a Senior...
Because of the nature of asymmetric warfare today in Iraq, morals, values and ethics will playa major role in decision making. Our leaders and soldiers find themselves fighting an extremely adaptive insurgency. Because the insurgents are so...
At the time of our deployment to Iraq, I had 20 years of service in the Military Police Corps. My experience consisted of 18 years as a noncommissioned officer in positions ranging from team leader to first sergeant. I have five operational...
This monograph analyzes the current challenges facing the U.S. Army and the potential for force structure changes to meet future threats. Allowing for widened spans of control through the addition of a line company to the maneuver battalions of the...
Lieutenant Colonel (P) L. Barrett Holmes served as the commander of the 20th Engineer Battalion in support of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division in Iraq from March 2004 until March 2005. Predeployment training consisted of...
Lieutenant Colonel (P) Sharon Leary served as the commander of the 115th Forward Support Battalion which is part of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, during her March 2004 through March 2005 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi...
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Blaise Cornell-d'Echert was involved in the initial creation of the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team (CMATT) in Iraq starting in July 2003. In this interview, he talks about how the initial structuring of the...
The commander of 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment in Iraq from January 2005 through January 2006, Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Farrell and his unit were based at FOB Rustamiyah and had responsibility for an area of eastern Baghdad known colloquially...
In this third of three interviews concerning his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major Allan Selburg discusses his March 2005 through March 2006 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, during which he served on a special police...
MAJ Andrew Sanders served as a platoon leader in Rustamiyah, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 and as a company commander in Diyalah Province, Iraq during 2009, both in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this August 2012 interview, MAJ Sanders...
From February 2006 through February 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Augusto Bernardo served as the assistant team chief on a national police transition team (NPTT). In this interview, he discusses the predeployment training he...
Major Blaine Wales served as the national police transition team (NPTT) chief for 1st Battalion, 7th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi National Police (INP) Division in Taji, Iraq, during 2006 and 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. After not being...