In this interview, MAJ Laura Updegraff, US Army, AG; discusses her deployment to Iraq as a personnel officer (S1) in 2008 through 2009 and then again in 2010 through 2011 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Updegraff discusses her...
In Mosul, Iraq, from January 2004 to January 2005, Captain Angela Bowman was the executive/operations officer for the 139th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, a 20-soldier split-state Illinois and Wisconsin National Guard unit headquartered in...
In this interview MAJ Crawley relates some of the organizational difficulties he observed resulting from the reorganization of the 38th CAB's Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) into a modular aviation brigade headquarters prior to...
MAJ Jason Redmon served as troop commander with 6-6 Cavalry (CAV) in the Arab Jabour region of Iraq during 2007 and 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this December 2011 interview, MAJ Redmon discusses the circumstances...
As chief of the mission planning cell for the 5th Bomb Wing out of Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Major Kris Perry deployed in February 2003 to the Royal Air Force (RAF) Base at Fairford, England, as part of an advanced detachment to establish...
MAJ Shawn McNutt served as a tank company executive officer (XO) during the initial invasion into Iraq during 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this January 2012 interview, MAJ McNutt discusses his four months of training in...
MAJ Justin Hopkins served as assistant operations officer (S3) and battle captain at Contingency Operating Base (COB) Speicher during 2007 and 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this February 2012 interview, MAJ Hopkins discusses...
A veteran of two post-9/11 deployments to Iraq, Major Victor Delacruz commanded Bravo Battery, 6-27 Field Artillery, operating out of Balad (LSA Anaconda), from April to November 2003. Then, from November 2004 to March 2005, he returned with 75th...
In command of 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 2-63 Armor - attached to Task Force 2-2 Infantry, specifically the Brigade Reconnaissance Troop, for purposes of November 2004's Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr) - Captain Neil Prakash was in charge of two...
In this December 2012 interview, MAJ Shane Weller, US Army, Aviation discusses his deployment to Iraq as a company commander for Charlie Company, 3-227th Air Assault Company in 2006 through 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ...
In this December 2012 interview, MAJ Sam Anderson, US Army, Infantry discusses his deployment to Iraq on a two-man Stability and Transition Team (STT) in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Anderson talks about some...
While attending training for a new civilian job, Staff Sergeant Douglas Hartwell, an Army Reservist with the 129th Transportation Company, was activated in January 2003. Within days, he began training at Fort Riley and three months later, deployed...
A reservist with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Major Matthew Jones served as an advisor support team leader in Iraq in 2004-2005. In this interview, he recounts the process of mobilizing a reserve unit for service overseas, describing...
An Iowa National Guard (and former active duty) chemical officer who got herself branch qualified in transportation in order to take command and deploy to Iraq with the 2168th Transportation Company, Captain Jennifer Mlocek took over the unit a...
Lieutenant Commander Steven Morgenfeld served as a helicopter detachment (DET) officer-in-charge (OIC) from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 49 (HSL-49) onboard USS McCampbell in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines (OEF-P)....
When word came down in November 2004 that the 138th Signal Battalion's Alpha Company - part of the 38th Infantry Division, Indiana National Guard - was going to be sent to Iraq for a 2005-2006 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom,...
Lieutenant Commander Rick Timms served as the aircraft and mission commander onboard an EP-3 as part of a detachment from VQ-1 based out of Naval Support Activity Bahrain in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in 2001. The US Navy had...
The operations officer for Echo Company, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Major Garret Messner deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines (OEF-P) in January 2002 for a six-month tour. Beyond the difficulties associated...
Lieutenant Colonel John Norris served as commander of 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry, a newly formed Stryker unit, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004 and 2005. He begins by talking about how enjoyable and challenging it was to stand up a...
Master Sergeant Charles Burroughs, an intelligence specialist for 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, talks about the Battle of Mari Ghar which took place in Afghanistan on 7 August 2005 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In this...