From January 2006 through January 2007, Major Stephen Burr - a military intelligence officer by branch - served on the military transition team (MiTT) assigned to the Iraqi Ground Forces Command (IGFC). In this interview, he begins by discussing...
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...
LCDR Christopher Lynch served as Alpha Company commander and officer in charge (OIC) of a Navy Seabee unit in Ramadi and Al Asad, Iraq during 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this April 2012 interview, LCDR Lynch discusses the...
LTC Anthony Clemente served as intelligence officer with the headquarters of the 82nd Airborne Division at the Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) Headquarters in Bagram, Afghanistan during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom...
LTC Anthony Clemente served as intelligence officer with the headquarters of the 82nd Airborne Division at the Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) Headquarters in Bagram, Afghanistan during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom...
MAJ Jared Rudacille served as a platoon leader with 3-67 Armor, 4th Infantry Division (ID) during the initial invasion of Iraq in 2003 and 2004, as commander of Delta Company, 1-22 Infantry in Radwaniyah and Abu Ghraib, Iraq during 2005 and 2006,...
In this December 2012 interview, MAJ Bradley Compton, US Army, Adjutant General; discusses his deployment to Iraq as a company commander of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 152d INF in 2003 through 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ...
LTC Christopher Dessaso served as deputy planner with the US Army Central Command - Forward (ARCENT-Forward) future operations (FUOPs) team tasked with the drawdown of troops in Afghanistan during 2011 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom...
An Active Guard Reserve soldier assigned to the 4-80th Chemical Training Battalion when he received orders sending him with the 80th Division (Institutional Training) on a military transition team (MiTT) to Sinjar, Iraq in 2005-2006, Sergeant First...
The myth that woman do not belong in close combat situations is just that. With the ongoing war on terror, we find our female Soldiers in danger close situations. The roles of woman have increased, as they serve in critical duty assignments such as...
MAJ Robert Heffington served as the intelligence advisor on a military transition team (MiTT) at Camp Sparrowhawk, Maysan Province, Iraq during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this May 2011 interview, MAJ Heffington...
The former commander of 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment during its transformation to a Stryker unit, Colonel Emmett Schaill deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from September 2004 through June 2005 as the deputy commanding officer...
An ethical dilemma in today’s military world is how to react on war crimes committed by direct adversary on the field. That question is hard to respond. Sometime, Soldiers are facing directly with war crimes on fields, and only Soldiers by...
Ethical dilemma in today’s military world is how to react on war crimes committed by direct adversary on the field. That question is hard to respond. Sometime, Soldiers are facing directly with war crimes on fields, and only Soldiers by...
MAJ Nathanael Tagg served as the personnel officer (S1) and Delta Company commander with 1-32 Infantry in Khost, Afghanistan during 2006 and 2007 and as brigade chief of operations in Khost, Afghanistan during 2011, both in support of Operation...
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...
MAJ Thomas Frohnhoefer served as tank company executive officer (XO) in Samarra, Iraq during 2003, as division battle captain in Baghdad, Iraq during 2005 and 2006, and as company commander and operations officer (S3) in Al Anbar Province, Iraq...
MAJ Tim McCulloh served as platoon leader with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment in Kandahar, Afghanistan during 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), in the brigade operations (S3) shop with a Stryker Brigade in...
MAJ Claudia Pena-Guzman served as the deputy officer for operations for the Cryptological Services Group in Baghdad, Iraq during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this January 2012 interview, MAJ Pena-Guzman discusses...
MAJ Jess Harris served as brigade intelligence officer (S2) in Baghdad and Sadr City, Iraq during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this February 2012 interview, MAJ Harris discusses the challenges of so-called...