From the time 9/11 hit until June 2004, when he left to join the 1st Cavalry Division already in Iraq, Major Lee Overby served with 3rd Brigade, 87th Division (Training Support) at Camp Shelby, Mississippi - specifically in the field artillery...
Major Lee Williams volunteered to go to Iraq and reported into Fort Riley in June 2006. After two years as an intern to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and then attending graduate school at Georgetown, he figured it would be good to get back to the...
In this interview MAJ Leif Hansen discusses his 2006 deployment to Iraq with the 25th ID from Hawaii. MAJ Hansen had just taken command of Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry prior to going to NTC and just before their deployment to Iraq. ...
In this interview, MAJ Leslie Parks, US Army, Civil Affairs, discusses his experience as the Civil Affair Team Leader in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2007. MAJ Parks talks about his perception of supply chain management and establishing...
Major Leslie Steele deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom from Hawaii to Fort Hood, Texas, in January 2006. At Fort Hood, Steele and what became his team conducted two months of training. Training included range time with everything from individual...
In this March 2009 interview MAJ Lisa Coleman, Military Police (MP) discusses her 2004-2005 deployment to Iraq as a member of Task Force (TF) 134 as part of the joint operations section (J3). MAJ Coleman describes her integration into theater, her...
In this interview with Major Lisa Gniady, she discusses her post-9/11 service as a communications officer in the 704th Military Intelligence Brigade, which provides the US Army's military support to the National Security Agency. She talks about her...
MAJ Lonnie Johnston served as the battalion maintenance officer (BMO) with Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment in Kuwait and Iraq during 2003 and as the military intelligence officer (S2) with the 2nd...
Maj Lou Albano served attached to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and 26th MEU as a Ch53 pilot in Bagram and Kandahar, Afghanistan during 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In the first of two January 2009 interviews,...
Maj Lou Albano served as the director of standardization and safety (DOS) for Heavy Helicopter Squadron-361 (HMH-361) in Al Asad, Iraq during 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In the second of two January 2009 interviews, Maj...
In this first of two interviews, Major Louis Frias talks about leading the military information support team at the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan from July 2003 through January 2004 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He discusses checking...
Major Louis Frias, in this second of two interviews, talks about leading the military information support team at the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan from July 2003 through January 2004 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He discusses how...
In this interview, MAJ Louis Gianoulakis, US Army, Infantry, discusses his deployments to Afghanistan as a Company Commander in 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Gianoulakis describes his role with being a leader,...
In this February 2011 interview MAJ Louis Kangas, Infantry, discusses his 2005-2006 deployment to the areas of Mahmudiyah and Yusafiyah in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). A company commander at the time, MAJ Kangas describes his...
Major Lu Wilson commanded Outlaw Troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Kuwait and up through Iraq to Baghdad from March 2003 through April 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, she talks about how her troop...
Major Lu Wilson commanded Outlaw Troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Kuwait and up through Iraq to Baghdad from March 2003 through April 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, she talks about how her troop...
During his 2003-04 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Luis Oakley Jr. served initially as the intelligence officer for the 159th Aviation Brigade and then, in country, took over command of Delta Company, 311th Military...
During his 2003-04 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Luis Oakley Jr. served initially as the intelligence officer for the 159th Aviation Brigade and then, in country, took over command of Delta Company, 311th Military...
In this interview, MAJ Luke Hammond, US Army, Chemical; discusses his deployment to Iraq as the Director of Iraqi-Based Industrial Zone (I-BIZ) in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Hammond shares his view of Iraq...
MAJ Lynda Gerhart served as a military intelligence (MI) officer and headquarters commander of 15th MI Battalion, Aerial Exploitation in Balad, Iraq during 2004 and 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this December 2009 interview,...