MAJ Ellis Barnes served as the battalion logistics officer (S4) of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (ID), Stryker Brigade, 5-20 Infantry in Mosul, Tall Afar and Baghdad, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 and as company commander of Alpha Company5-20...
During the course of his February 2003 to February 2004 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Robert A. Mason had two company commands in the 101st Airborne Division: the first, until May 2003, with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion,...
Lieutenant Colonel John Norris served as commander of 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry, a newly formed Stryker unit, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004 and 2005. He begins by talking about how enjoyable and challenging it was to stand up a...
MAJ Christopher L'Heureux served with the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) as assistant personnel officer (S1) and company commander in Baghdad, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this August 2010...
Assigned to the HHC, 62nd Medical Brigade, as chief of current operations in the S3 shop, Major Anthony McQueen served in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM with a fully mobile unit for five months beginning in March 2003. Tasked with getting the Tactical...
The former commander of 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment during its transformation to a Stryker unit, Colonel Emmett Schaill deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from September 2004 through June 2005 as the deputy commanding officer...
As part of a series of interviews conducted by John Hamilton, the Air Defense Artillery command historian, Colonel Christopher Mitchell discusses serving as the division team chief on a military transition team in Mosul, Iraq in 2008 in support of...
Major Rob Arnold returned from his deployment with Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) and joined the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team as the military police plans officer in January 2004. In August 2005, Arnold deployed with the 172nd as the...
As officer in charge of the 101st Airborne Division Main in Iraq from March to May 2003, Major Susan Arnold - a JAG officer - was involved with targeting and rules of engagement issues during the major combat phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. After...
From March through September 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Christopher Brough served as the logistics officer (S4) for 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery, based eventually in Mosul, Iraq. In this interview, he discusses...
Major Brian Pearl was a battalion operations officer and later the operations officer for the 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. After deploying to Iraq in March of 2003, he was located in Al Kifl, An Najaf, Karbala, Iskandariyah, Baghdad, Al...
Sergeant Major (P) Stephen Kammerdiener deployed from February 2003 until October 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as the sergeant major of the 326th Engineer Battalion. That battalion supported the 101st Airborne Division during the...
During his August 2005 through December 2006 deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Douglas Merritt held two positions in the 172nd Infantry Brigade (Separate) out of Alaska - the Stryker Brigade. For the first six months...