The following is a group interview conducted with three former 1st Infantry Division soldiers concerning their experiences in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Jason Bell served from February 2004 through March 2005 with Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron,...
The following is a summary of an interview which took place on 25 April 2008 between Bryan Karabaich, a military analyst at the Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) and Colonel Michael Ceroli. The summary discusses Colonel Ceroli's deployment as...
The following is part one 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,...
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,...
The following is part two 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,...
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...
The G3 for the 98th Division (Institutional Training) prior to his 2004-2005 Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment, Colonel Bradford Parsons, now retired, served in country as the advisor support team leader (AST) in support of the 5th Iraqi Army...
The Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) commander for 4-64 Armor, part of 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division in 2002-2003, Major Jeff Powell deployed with his company to Kuwait in November 2002 to join the CONUS Crisis Response Force...
The Headquarters and Headquarters Company commander for 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment - part of 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division - in Iraq from May through August 2003, Major Esli Pitts witnessed "the initial exuberance of the Iraqis when...
The intelligence officer (S2) for 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Major David King deployed to Afghanistan in January 2002 in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. "I didn't go out into the hinterland. I didn't deal with...
The intelligence officer for 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry - part of the 101st Airborne Division - Major Candy Smith deployed in February 2003 to what would soon become Operation Iraqi Freedom. From the border crossing to the division's ultimate...
The interview provides a general idea on the way MAJ Kehoe lead his company in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). He talks about his assignments in the 1-50 Infantry Battalion of the 173rd Brigade Combat Team (BCT),...
The J4 logistics officer for the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Arabian Peninsula from May 2004 to May 2005, Major Dennis Levesque was responsible for the "life sustainment" of this strategic-level organization throughout the Iraqi...
The leader of 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, Task Force 2-2 Infantry during Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr), Captain Jeff Emery was in charge of four Bradleys, two tanks and two dismounted squads during this decisive November 2004 urban fight to...
The leader of 2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, Task Force 2-2 Infantry in Fallujah during Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr), Staff Sergeant David Bellavia was recommended for the Medal of Honor, nominated for the Distinguished Service Cross...
The leader of Charlie Team, 2nd Squad, 4th Platoon, 617th Military Police Company - a Kentucky National Guard unit - Sergeant Dustin Morris, in this interview, shares his experiences regarding a complex 20 March 2005 enemy ambush southeast of...
The medical platoon leader assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment's Headquarters and Headquarters Company - and overall part of 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division - Captain Chris Carlson had responsibilities as the medical planner for...
The operations officer and, later, executive officer of 3rd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Isom deployed to Camp Victory, Kuwait, in late April 2003 and by mid May was in Iraq, having conducted a relief in place...
The operations officer for 17th Field Artillery Brigade during his unit's April 2003 to April 2004 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Lieutenant Colonel Alfredo Najera and his unit "deployed with the task organization of two MLRS...
The operations officer for 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment and, later in his tour, the commander of Charlie Company, Captain Bill Coryell and his unit arrived in Iraq in January 2005 and spent the next year based in the Tisa Nissan area of east...