Major Brian Pearl was a battalion operations officer and later the operations officer for the 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. After deploying to Iraq in March of 2003, he was located in Al Kifl, An Najaf, Karbala, Iskandariyah, Baghdad, Al...
Lieutenant Colonel Steven Baker of the 82nd Airborne Division spent the first three months of his May to December 2002 deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom based in Kandahar, Afghanistan as the Task Force Panther engineer; and then...
When Lieutenant Colonel David Seigel was first alerted for deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, he was serving as the executive officer (XO) of 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment with the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas. He...
During his first of two deployments in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Major Thomas Keating served as officer in charge of the combat operations center for Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, part of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, 1st Marine...
Major Matt Kinkead served from February 2004 to February 2005 in Iraq as commander of the 2nd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. In country, his unit functioned like a reserve unit, and as such they moved...
In this second of two interviews with Lieutenant Colonel Cory Mendenhall, he discusses his service as the operations officer for 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment and as executive officer of the Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division...
In this first of three interviews reference his Global War on Terrorism deployments, Major Greg Ford relates his experiences serving as the intelligence officer of 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry in Jacobabad, Pakistan, and Paktia Province,...
Master Sergeant Alan Upchurch is currently assigned to the Office of the Chief of Armor at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He deployed twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom - first from February to June 2004 and then from November 2004 through April...
Lieutenant Colonel Scott Kendrick was deployed to Iraq for almost 14 months from January 2004 to February 2005 and was initially the battalion executive officer for the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry, a tank battalion in 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry...
From January 2005 through January 2006, Major Chris Shields served in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as an assistant effects coordinator in the 3rd Infantry Division's fires and effect cell, in which he oversaw and managed all counterfire...
Part two of the interview with Sergeant Jason McManus covers his June 2005 return to Iraq. This time, he went with the 81 millimeter mortar platoon, part of Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, and begins by discussing the much more...
Colonel Lou Marich served as the engineer brigade commander for the 1st Armored Division from July 2003 through July 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, initially and primarily based in Baghdad and then moved south during the division's...
Major Timothy Payment served initially as the Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment commander - part of 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division - then took over Headquarters and Headquarters Company mid-tour during his May 2003 to July 2004...
Still in command of Tactical PSYOP Detachment 980 - part of Charlie Company, 9th PSYOP Battalion - Major John Adams, in this second interview reference his Global War on Terrorism deployments, discusses his January to June 2003 tour in support of...
Aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Harry S. Truman during an October 2004 to April 2005 cruise in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant Commander Jonathan Russell served as the operations officer for the Truman Strike Group's destroyer squadron. The...
In this interview with three Pennsylvania National Guardsmen, Sergeant Norman J. Herb, a mechanic for Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 107th Field Artillery, talks about his deployment to Mosul, Iraq from February 2004 to February 2005 in support of...
In this interview with three Pennsylvania National Guardsmen, Specialist Seth Burford, an artilleryman for Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 107th Field Artillery, talks about his deployment to Camp Bucca, Iraq through August 2004 in support of...
In this interview with three Pennsylvania National Guardsmen, Specialist Joshua Navarra, an artilleryman for Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery, talks about his deployment to Iraq from March 2003 through August 2003 in support of...
In command of Charlie Company, 4th Engineer Battalion - part of 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division - in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom through July 2003, Major James Schreiner and his unit entered Iraq six days after the onset of the ground...
Assigned to the 1st Marine Division as an individual augmentee from Okinawa, Japan, Major Travis O'Selmo deployed to Ramadi, Iraq, from March through September 2004 to conduct civil-military operations in Al Anbar Province as part of a staff...