This is a transcript from a 1994 interview with Sergeant major of the Army Glen E. Morrell (USA-Ret.) for the US Army museum of the noncommissioned officer sergeants major of the ARMY book project.
This is a transcript of an interview with Sergeant Major of the Army Leon L. Van Autreve (USA- ret.) conducted in 1994 for the Sergeants major of the Army History Project.
This is a transcript from a taped oral history interview with SGM Dennis Thompson, former Vietnam Conflict prisoner of war (audio version also available in USASMA digital library). He was interviewed by MSG Ransic Refeus for the US ARMY SERGEANTS...
In this interview Dr. Kelly discusses his one-year deployment experience to Antarctica in 1960 and 1961 as part of Operation Deep Freeze at Hallett Station, Antarctica. Dr. Kelly was a young Navy lieutenant straight out of his internship sent to...
MAJ Christopher L'Heureux served with the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) as assistant personnel officer (S1) and company commander in Baghdad, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this August 2010...
This is an oral history interview with Sergeant Major of the Army (Ret.) William o. Wooldridge, the first Sergeant Major of the Army, conducted on 6 February 2000.
Maj Lou Albano served attached to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and 26th MEU as a Ch53 pilot in Bagram and Kandahar, Afghanistan during 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In the first of two January 2009 interviews,...
MAJ Charles Ford served as the assistant operations officer (S3) in plans, as battle captain and at the battalion level in Mosul, Iraq during 2004 and 2005, and as commander of Alpha Company, 1-24 Infantry in Baghdad, Iraq during 2006 and 2007 in...
As the assistant intelligence officer aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Enterprise, Lieutenant Commander Dan Kenda helped coordinate "the overall intelligence for the battle group," which was operating in the Persian Gulf region from October 2003...
This is a transcript of an oral history interview with Oscar Martinez, Vietnam Vet. It is dated: August 8, 1984. The audio version of this interview is also available through this archive. bThe interview was conducted by Master Sergeant Floyd...
Deploying initially with the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron in January 2002 in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (then later re-task organized under the 40th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron), Major Mike Adderley served as a B-52 aircraft...
MAJ Eric Haas served as the battalion personnel officer (S1) with 1st Armor Division (AD) at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) during 2003 and 20034 and as the intelligence officer (S2) with the 2nd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (ID) in...
The following is part three of a three-part interview with Major Jim McDermott, during the totality of which he discusses his two Operation Iraqi Freedom deployments - the first in 2003 as commander of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry,...
In 2003, the Army Field Support Command (AFSC) and the Joint Munitions Command (JMC), collocated at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, began a comprehensive oral history project aimed at chronicling a full-spectrum slice of the commands' role in...
MAJ John Shaw served as a battle captain with the 709th Military Police (MP) Battalion in Karbala, an Najaf and Baghdad, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 and as a Brigade Combat Team (BCT) Provost Marshall (PM) at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Kalzu during...
First Lieutenant Jeremy Burke, a reservist from the 80th Division (Institutional Training), served on a military transition team (MiTT) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Normally a company executive officer acting as a company commander, he...
This is a transcript of a taped interview with Sergeant Major of the Army William G. Bainbridge, conducted by Sergeant Major Erwin H. Koehler (United States Army, retired) for the Center of Military History, United States Army and the United States...
Many former Soldiers out in the U.S. have PTSD. What are the Army and government doing for them? Shouldn’t they be treated the same or better than active Soldiers that have PTSD? Is the VA capable of handling such a vast number that reaches well...
The Military institution is one of the best community and well managed institution in the world based on their organizations and leadership setups. Most governments have rallied after their Military personnel while on active duty or on retirement....