In this interview LTC (Ret.) Kevin Gentzler discusses his time in Iraq as a Finance battalion commander from 2006 through 2007. There for the surge, LTC (Ret.) Gentzler recalls the challenges he faced with remaining in country and additional few...
In this interview, COL (Ret.) Dale Eikmeier, US Army, Strategic Plans; discusses his deployment to Iraq as the Strategic Planner for the Strategic Plans and Assessment Division in the U.S. Embassy in 2005 through 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi...
Colonel (Ret.) John Martin deployed to Iraq several times. His first tour was in 2003 as part of the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) until that was subsumed by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and he transferred...
The United States Army is committed to the development of an advanced attack helicopter (AAH). The problem associated with this research endeavor encompasses tracing the introduction, evolution, and development of the AAH. The record of the past...
COL (Ret.) Russell Thaden served as the senior US officer and chief of intelligence for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany prior to his deployment to Kabul, Afghanistan during 2003 and 2004 in support...
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 on...
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) David P. Ferris deployed twice to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, in 2003 (for a year) and again in 2006 (for 15 months). Based out of Bagram, Ferris had come from the US Army Special Operations...
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) John Davis served as the senior advisor and mentor to the Afghan first deputy minister of defense, Dr. Nuristani, in Kabul, Afghanistan, from January 2007 through January 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In...
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Elizabeth Rogers served as the operations officer for the 501st Military Intelligence Battalion at Camp Cropper, Iraq, from May 2003 through July 2004 in support of Operation Iraq Freedom. In this interview, she talks...
In this interview, COL (Ret.) Russell Thaden, US Army, Military Intelligence (MI); discusses his deployment to Iraq as the deputy Multi-national Force-Iraq (MNF-I) joint intelligence officer (J2) in 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom...
In this third of three interviews, COL (Ret.) Russell Thaden discusses his involvement with the initial invasion of Iraq in 2003 with V Corps in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this June 2011 interview, COL Thaden discusses that he...
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Blaise Cornell-d'Echert was involved in the initial creation of the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team (CMATT) in Iraq starting in July 2003. In this interview, he talks about how the initial structuring of the...
A follow-up interview to the one conducted on 4 November 2004 concerning Colonel (Ret.) Bradford Parsons' involvement in the 98th Division's 2004-2005 Iraqi Army training and advising mission, this one, as the interviewer put it, focuses more on...
Colonel (Ret.) Scott Thein served in Iraq from September 2003 through March 2004 as the Division Artillery commander with the 82nd Airborne. He worked primarily at the provincial level and his area of operations was Al Anbar Province. One of the...
As the deputy joint staff communications officer (J6) in Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan (CFC-A) from August 2004 through February 2005, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Bruce Verde had a wide variety of responsibilities, which he discusses in depth...
As part of his research for a Global War on Terrorism Occasional Paper on the so-called Second Lebanon War of 2006 - a 34-day conflict fought principally between Israel and the paramilitary forces of Hezbollah - historian Matt Matthews of Fort...
“Character is the most important quality you can find in any person, but especially in a Soldier. It is the foundation that will get anybody through anything he may encounter.” (Morrell, 1984) Few have uttered truer words about the importance...
Chief Warrant Officer-5 Robert Ferguson served as chief of the human intelligence analysis cell for 1st Armored Division in Baghdad in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this interview, he talks about manning for the cell, his...
LTC Gary Thomas describes his first Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) deployment while serving as the Operations Officer (S3) for the 219th Area Support Group (ASG). LTC Thomas describes his experiences as the Kandahar airbase mayor as very...
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...