First Sergeant Richard Gano Jr. is a 23-year Army veteran and was deployed from 16 November 2003 through 23 October 2004 as the first sergeant for Bravo Troop, 1-14 Cavalry, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. Before deploying, he predicted that...
Sergeant First Class James Prosser deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from 12 May 2003 until 9 June 2004 with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2-37 Armor Battalion out of Freiburg, Germany, part of the 1st Armored Division. His...
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...
An operational detachment alpha (ODA) commander with 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Captain Brandon Griffin, in this interview, discusses in remarkable detail and from firsthand participatory knowledge the 7 August 2005 Battle of Mari...
Master Sergeant Charles Burroughs, an intelligence specialist for 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, talks about the Battle of Mari Ghar which took place in Afghanistan on 7 August 2005 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In this...
Before 9/11, Lieutenant Colonel Ian Falk was serving as executive officer for a field artillery battalion in the California National Guard, in addition to holding a civilian job. Following the terrorist attacks, though, as he explained, "I got some...
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery - part of the 5th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division - the 68th Chemical Company, commanded by Major Kevin Kugel, deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from March 2004 through March...
With 2nd Brigade of the 75th Division (Training Support) when the call came in December 2004 to deploy the following month to Iraq to work on a military transition team (MiTT) for a year, Major Paul Esmahan was assigned as a logistics MiTT chief...
Major Phuc Buu served as a staff officer, first as the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team officer for the Multinational Corps-Iraq Iraqi Security Force (ISF) cell, then as a liaison officer for Multinational Security Transition...
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...
This is a follow-up interview conducted with Captain Brandon Griffin, an operational detachment alpha (ODA) commander with 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, reference the 7 August 2005 Battle of Mari Ghar in Afghanistan.