Major Gerald H. Green commanded Charlie Company, 203rd Engineer Battalion (Combat Heavy) of the Missouri Army National Guard in Baghdad. Green had been in command for two and half months before receiving orders for mobilization and deployment to...
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...
This interview with United States Air Force (USAF) Security Police Major Jason Beers covers his deployment as commander of a 240-person base security unit - the 586th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron - located near Um Qasr at Camp Bucca in...
In this second of two interviews regarding his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major John Athey discusses his May 2005 through May 2006 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as part of the Iraqi Assistance Group's ministry...
During Major William W. "Whit" Johnson's first deployment to Iraq from January to May 2003, he was attached to the U.S. Marine Corps' 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, part of Task Force Tripoli, and commanded a company-sized...
Major Doug Schlereth, a member of the Army National Guard, served in various roles as a liaison officer (LNO), including advising an Afghan kandak, throughout Afghanistan from February 2006 through February 2007 in support of Operation Enduring...
Major Corey Crosbie was an observer-controller at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany, when a US Army Europe (USAEUR) request for volunteers drew his attention in November 2005. An armor officer, he joined a team headed for...
In this second part of his two-part interview, Major Matthew Scalia discusses his command of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Baghdad from September 2003 to July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom....
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 Ryan Samuelson served as the pilot of a KC-135R in the 407th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron flying out of Thumrait Airbase, Oman, from January through May 2003 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Flying...
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...
From November 2002 through June 2003 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major Tom Sager commanded the 82nd Airborne Division's Long Range Surveillance Detachment (LRSD) - the first LRSD to deploy in the Global War on Terrorism....
From September 2005 through September 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Brann Calvetti served as the field grade commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 501st Special Troops Battalion. In this interview, he...
Serving in 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment - part of the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM - Major Charles O'Brien commanded a tank company during (and for roughly one month following) the conclusion of...
From November 2006 through November 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major William Arnold served as the executive officer, logistics advisor and some-time intelligence advisor on a military transition team (MiTT), tasked with force...
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,...
Major R.J. Garcia served as a company commander in 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment between Camp Udairi, Kuwait, and the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) from January through July 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He begins his...
From January 2005 through January 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Lieutenant Colonel Rich Creed served as the operations officer for 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor - part of 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division - in the Ba'qubah area of...
This interview with Chaplain (Major) Roy M. Myers, a chaplain clinician, covers his deployment as part of Task Force 134, specifically with the 21st Combat Support Hospital, to Iraq from April 2006 to April 2007. He discusses the religious support...
Major Michael Barger, in this second of two interviews, talks about commanding the 324th Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Company in Balad, Iraq, from May 2005 through May 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses using his...