Major William Moen deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom as commander of Alpha Company, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Infantry Division. Having taken command in May 2003, Moen and his company experienced some soldier and leader turbulence in preparing...
In this interview, MAJ William Nordai, US Army, Engineer, discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as a resident officer in charge (OIC) for the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Afghanistan Engineer District in 2010 through 2011 in...
MAJ William Rodebaugh served as the battalion logistics officer (S4) with the 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry, 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division in Uzbekistan and Bagram, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this February...
Major William Rom is a combat engineer with an ROTC commission. Posted to an advisory billet as an Active Component/Reserve Component soldier with the 187th Engineer Battalion, Rock Hill, South Carolina, he helped prepare several National Guard...
From March 2006 through February 2007 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Major William Shinn served in Combined Joint Task Force 76 as the G4 maintenance chief. In this interview, he discusses deploying as an individual augmentee, getting...
Major William Taylor served as a military transition team (MiTT) member in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from December 2005 to December 2006. In this interview, Taylor talks about the MiTTs and the current disconnection from their strategic...
MAJ William Tolbert served as battery commander and assistant operations officer (S3) in Rahidiyah District, Tarmiyah and Ba'qubah, Iraq during 2007 and 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this March 2012 interview, MAJ Tolbert...
Major William Tomlin served on a border transition team for two Iraqi battalions in the Rabia area from March 2006 through March 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, Tomlin talks about how the training received at Fort...
During Major William W. "Whit" Johnson's first deployment to Iraq from January to May 2003, he was attached to the U.S. Marine Corps' 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, part of Task Force Tripoli, and commanded a company-sized...
In this interview MAJ William Wade, Armor, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a company commander. This was a difficult deployment as there were many losses in the task force. MAJ Wade describes the challenges he faced, the successes he had, and...
Major William Welch is an operational research and systems analysis (ORSA) officer assigned to the TRADOC Analysis Center (TRAC). He was detached from TRAC to augment Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in Iraq starting in early...
From February 2005 through February 2006, Major William Woodring, an Alaska National Guardsman, served on a brigade embedded training team (ETT) for the 209th Afghan National Army Corps as part of Operation Enduring Freedom and Task Force Phoenix...
MAJ Willis Rawls served as the personnel/logistics (S1/S4) advisor on a military transition team (MiTT) at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Justice during 2006 and 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this May 2012 interview, MAJ Rawls...
In this November 2012 interview, MAJ Yemi Holley, US Army, Human Resources discusses her deployment to Iraq battle captain for the 3d Infantry Division (G3) in 2003 through 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Holley talks about...
MAJ Yolanda Bailey served as company commander for the 104th Transportation Company in Taji, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). IN this December 2011 interview, MAJ Bailey discusses the challenges of leadership...
Major Yulonda Washington served as the commander of Charlie Company, 703rd Main Support Battalion in Kuwait and Iraq from January through August 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Prior to deploying, her company conducted their normal...
MAJ Yvonne Miller served as protocol officer with the 89th Military Police (MP) Brigade in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba during 2002, as commander of the 410th MP Company in Qatar during 2002 and 2003, and as deputy long-range planner with the 89th MP...
In this November 2012 interview, MAJ Yvonne Sallis, US Army, Judge Advocate General discusses her deployment to Afghanistan as an individual augmentee with Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan (CSTC-A) as the Chief of Administrative...
In this first of two interviews, Major Zac Vann talks about serving as the assistant maneuver planner for the 3rd Infantry Division from Kuwait to Baghdad, Iraq in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses watching a SCUD missile...
In this second of two interviews, Major Zac Vann talks about commanding Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor and serving as the division chief of training in Baghdad and Rustamiyah from January through October 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi...