The following pages describe my personal experience as a New Jersey Army National Guard Soldier called to Active Duty in support of the Global War on Terrorism under Operation Iraqi Freedom III between 24 May 2004 and 01 Nov 2005.
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
The 289th Quartermaster Company deployed to Iraq from 25 Sept. 04 thru 18 August 05.
It was a year long deployment that went really well for the organization. There where
some lessons learned that will make 289th QM CO better the next time they are...
The crusade of Nicopolis, in 1396, intended to expel the Turks from the Balkans, but it ended with the disastrous defeat. Sigismund of Luxemburg, the King of Hungary and Holy Roman Emperor, achieved much to fortify the southern border of Hungary...
Serving at Air Mobility Command in the Tanker Airlift Control Center on 9/11, U.S. Air Force Major Kevin Schiller was immediately tasked with building an air refueling support plan for the initial combat air patrols over key American cities and,...
MAJ Drew Maddry served as the company commander of Headquarters, Alpha Company, 115th Forward Support Battalion on FOB Rustemayah, Iraq in 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this 8 October 2008 interview, MAJ Maddry discusses this...
Lieutenant Colonel James Hevel commanded the 515th Forward Support Battalion, supporting 5th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, in Baghdad. His FSB did not exist prior to its 2004 deployment to Iraq, the unit having been pulled together...
In this November 2012 interview, MAJ Thomas Patterson, US Army, Logistics discusses his deployment with the 3d ACR in the Regimental Material Management Center (RMMC) managing all of the Class IX repair parts for the regiment from April of 2003 to...
Part two of the interview with Major Wesley Wright covers his August to December 2003 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as the supply company commander in the 82nd Forward Support Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, of the...
Colonel Steve Ward is the crisis action team (CAT) chief at the Army Operations Center (AOC) in the Pentagon. The AOC is primarily a resource provider - soldiers and equipment - and serves as a conduit for information flow to senior leadership. The...
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...