In this interview, MAJ Victor Herbin III, US Army, Adjutant General; discusses his deployment to Iraq as the personnel officer (S1) for the 15th Sustainment Brigade in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Herbin...
In this interview, MAJ James Martin, US Army, Civil Affairs (CA), discusses his deployment to Iraq as the CA officer (S9) in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Martin discusses a typical day in theater and describes...
In January 2003, Major Doug Brinson - at the time the commander of Bravo Company, 317th Engineer Battalion, supporting 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division - deployed to Kuwait and began intensive training for what soon became Operation Iraqi...
In this interview, MAJ Robert Kotek, US Army, Logistics; discusses his deployment to Iraq as the company commander for the 304th Materiel Management Team (MMT) in 2004 through 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Kotek discusses...
MAJ James Sturm served as company commander of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in Iskandiriyah, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 and as executive officer (XO) on a Stability Transition Team (STT) in Baghdad, Iraq during 2010 both in support...
MAJ Eric Ala served as an individual augmentee with the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) in Kabul, Afghanistan during 2009 and 2010 in...
In this interview, MAJ Joel Cummings, US Army, Judge Advocate General (JAG); discusses his deployment to Iraq as the Brigade Judge Advocate in 2005 through 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Cummings discusses his reaction to...
In this interview, MAJ David Lambert, US Army, Armor; discusses his deployment to Iraq as the assistant operations officer (S3) in 2003 through 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Lambert discusses a typical day in theater and...
During Operation Phantom Fury in November 2004, Staff Sergeant Jimmy Amyett was the second-highest-ranking noncommissioned officer in 2nd Platoon, 3rd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop - a 20-man, four-Humvee unit attached to Task Force 2-2 Infantry for...
MAJ Jon Casey served as the battalion operations officer (S4) and company commander with 3/67 Armor Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division in Baqubah, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this March 2011...
MAJ Brian Bettis served on a stability transition team (STT) at Contingency Operating Base (COB) Speicher during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this April 2011 interview, MAJ Bettis discusses his pre-deployment...
In this interview MAJ Dustin Phillips relates his experience as part of a training team deployed to Iraq in 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Phillips discusses the challenges he faced in this position, the lack of quality...
In command of the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, also known as the "Ready First" Brigade, COL Sean MacFarland, deployed his command from Central Germany to Iraq in March 2006. The Ready First Brigade assumed control of western Ninewah Province...
In this interview, MAJ John Newman, US Army, Infantry; discusses his deployment to Iraq as a company commander in 2007 through 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Newman discusses his pre-deployment training and his immediate...
In this interview MAJ Steve Barry discusses his deployment to Iraq during the initial phases of the war. Deployed to Kuwait for six months prior to the kickoff of OIF I, MAJ Barry describes the time he and his tank company spent training in the...
During 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division's February 2004 to February 2005 deployment to Iraq, Major Barrett Bernard served as the assistant operations officer in a 250-by-70 kilometer area of responsibility that included the major cities of...
With the 4th Infantry Division in Tikrit, Iraq, Major Chris Wynder served as deputy division provost marshal from May 2003 to February 2004. "I was the go-to guy in terms of managing what the section did on a daily basis," he said. Besides...
MAJ Michael Adorjan served as an advisor with the 10th Mountain Division and also on various missions as a Special Forces officer to North Africa during 2005 through 2007 in support of the Global War on Terror (GWOT). In this August 2011...
A former medic with the 82nd Airborne Division and a Special Forces qualified medical sergeant, Captain Gregory McCrum was commissioned in May 2002 after graduating from the inter-service physician assistant (PA) program at Fort Sam Houston....
The driver for Charlie Team, 2nd Squad, 4th Platoon, 617th Military Police Company - a Kentucky National Guard unit - Specialist Ashley Pullen, in this interview, shares her experiences regarding a complex 20 March 2005 enemy ambush southeast of...