MAJ Lance Shaffer serves full time with the US Army National Guard. In this 30 June 2010 interview, MAJ Shaffer discusses his enlisted deployment in support of Desert Storm, his duty immediately after 9/11 on Homeland Defense securing various...
MAJ Joe Kelly served as the executive officer (XO) and support operations officer (SPO) with the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) in Bagram, Afghanistan during 2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this June 2010 interview,...
United States Air Force Major Ed Mangahas served with the 524th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) as an F-16 pilot on multiple operations during 2001, 2002-2003 and 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this July...
In this interview, MAJ Greg Stroud, US Army, Special Forces, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a military transition team (MiTT) chief in 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Stroud discusses a typical day and his interaction...
In this interview, MAJ Devin Larson, US Army, Field Artillery (FA), discusses his deployment to Iraq as a brigade military transition team (MiTT) chief in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Larson discusses his interaction with...
In this interview, MAJ Jeffrey May, US Army, Adjutant General (AG), discusses his deployment to Iraq with a division command group as the secretary to the general staff (SGS) and assistant human resources (HR) officer (G2) in 2005 in support of...
In this interview, MAJ Irvin Jackson, US Army, Logistics, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a company commander in 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Jackson discusses a typical day, some difficult challenges he faced, and...
In this interview, MAJ Michael Delborrell, US Army, Logistics, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a company commander in 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Delborrell discusses how his prior deployments prepared him for his...
In this interview, LCDR Scott Moseman, US Navy, Intelligence, discusses his deployment to Iraq as an individual augmentee to be an operations officer in 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). LCDR Moseman describes his experience with...
During November 2004's Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr) in Fallujah, Iraq, Captain James Cobb served as the fire support officer for 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment. Attached to Marine Regimental Combat Team 7 for purposes of this...
In this interview, MAJ Adalberto “Bertin” Pagan, US Army, Logistics, discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as a battalion S3 in 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Pagan discusses the interaction he had with the Afghan's...
In this interview, MAJ Colin Brooks, US Army, Infantry, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Brooks discusses his some successes along with difficult challenges he faced...
In this interview, MAJ Sean McMahon, US Army, judge advocate general (JAG), discusses his operational deployment to Iraq as brigade JAG in 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ McMahon compares his four deployments and explains his...
In this interview, MAJ Manuel Guzman, US Army, Ordnance, discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as a Logistics officer (S4) Mentor in 2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Guzman describes his mission and how he was able to...
MAJ Eric Stiller served as the logistics officer (S3) with the 234th Aviation Battalion in Balad, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this August 2010 interview, MAJ Stiller discusses the challenges of...
LTC Donald Strube served as the Deputy Commanding Officer (DCO) for the 38th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) with Task Force 38 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this June 2010 interview,...
In this interview Mr. Graves relates his experiences arriving in theater as an individual deployer due to his attendance at his Warrant Officer's Basic Course (WOBC). Mr. Graves describes learning the United States Forces-Iraq (USF-I) transition...
In this interview CPT Tony Welborn discusses his deployment to Iraq from 2006 until 2007. Initially deploying as the brigade training officer, CPT Welborn was switched out immediately upon his arrival in theater and became the contracting officer...
In this interview, MAJ Jeffrey Rosenberg, US Army, Aviation, discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as a troop commander in 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Rosenberg discusses his experience with flying while in country. ...
In this interview COL Wood describes the very orthodox mission he and his Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) headquarters had at JBB. COL Wood's unit, the 38th CAB, controlled a multi-component task force of Regular Army, Army National Guard and Army...