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...
During his November 2004 to November 2005 deployment to Iraq, Staff Sergeant Timothy F. Nein served as the leader of 2nd Squad, 4th Platoon, 617th Military Police Company - a Kentucky National Guard unit - and, in this interview, gives a complete...
Staff Sergeant Steven Jackson was a Reserve Component soldier who reenlisted on his fiftieth birthday in 2003 after a sixteen-year break in service. After a valuable predeployment train-up at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, he mobilized at Fort Bragg, North...
Conducted at Fort Knox, Kentucky, reference their experiences in Operation Iraqi Freedom as part of 1st Armored Division, this group interview is with Staff Sergeant Ronald K. Banner, who was with 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry from April 2003 through...
After years of overseeing grade school students as a small-town elementary school principal, Staff Sergeant Rod Moyer was notified in early August 2004 that his 891st Engineer Battalion, Kansas National Guard, was being deployed to Iraq. The unit...
Specialist (now Staff Sergeant) Michael Paul Wayne Jones had the misfortune to receive his alert order for Operation Iraqi Freedom while on vacation in Canada. He returned home to Indiana and joined the 1438th Transportation Company as an...
In April 2003, the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) reached the approaches of Baghdad, Iraq, after a record-breaking march from the Kuwaiti border. To test the strength of Iraqi defenses in the capital, 2nd BCT conducted an...
A US Air Force joint tactical air controller assigned to 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division and operating with the Brigade Reconnaissance Troop during November 2004's Operation Phantom Fury, Staff Sergeant Matthew Horgan was the noncommissioned...
Douglas Cubbison, the Command Historian for the 10th Mountain Division, conducted a series of interviews with the soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan during January 2007, along with several additional interviews conducted in...
During Operation Phantom Fury in November 2004, Staff Sergeant Jimmy Amyett was the second-highest-ranking noncommissioned officer in 2nd Platoon, 3rd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop - a 20-man, four-Humvee unit attached to Task Force 2-2 Infantry for...
Staff Sergeant Jared Sargent was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1-12 CAV for the duration of his deployment to Baghdad, Iraq, from April 2004 through March 2005. They arrived just in time for a very heavy fight with the Mahdi...
While attending training for a new civilian job, Staff Sergeant Douglas Hartwell, an Army Reservist with the 129th Transportation Company, was activated in January 2003. Within days, he began training at Fort Riley and three months later, deployed...
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...
Douglas Cubbison, the Command Historian for the 10th Mountain Division, conducted a series of interviews with the soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan during January 2007, along with several additional interviews conducted in...
In April 2003, the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) reached the approaches of Baghdad, Iraq, after a record-breaking march from the Kuwaiti border. To test the strength of Iraqi defenses in the capital, 2nd BCT conducted an...
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...
Staff Sergeant Brian Charnock, a reservist from the 98th Division (Institutional Training), served as a member of an advisor support team (AST) in Iraq in 2004-2005. He starts this interview by saying that, while his initial impression of their...
Douglas Cubbison, the Command Historian for the 10th Mountain Division, conducted a series of interviews with the soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan during January 2007, along with several additional interviews conducted in...
Conducted at Fort Knox, Kentucky, reference their experiences in Operation Iraqi Freedom as part of 1st Armored Division, this group interview is with Staff Sergeant Ronald K. Banner, who was with 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry from April 2003 through...
In this interview with three Pennsylvania National Guardsmen, Specialist Seth Burford, an artilleryman for Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 107th Field Artillery, talks about his deployment to Camp Bucca, Iraq through August 2004 in support of...