From April to August 2003, Major Ed Vedder commanded 1st Battalion, 501st Attack Aviation Regiment's Headquarters and Headquarters Company. An AH-64 Apache helicopter unit part of 4th Brigade, 1st Armored Division, 1-501 normally conducts precision...
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...
A former medic with the 82nd Airborne Division and a Special Forces qualified medical sergeant, Captain Gregory McCrum was commissioned in May 2002 after graduating from the inter-service physician assistant (PA) program at Fort Sam Houston....
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...
Major John Casper was the operations officer for Task Force 1-26 Infantry during the Easter Sunday Battle of Samarra in April 2004. Casper describes the background of the battle, including the challenges of supervising a Shi'a religious festival in...