MAJ Scott Shaw served as the brigade headquarters and headquarters company (HHC) commander for the 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division during 2003 at Camp Phoenix, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this February 2009...
In this interview MAJ Scott Stokoe, Medical Service Corps, describes his deployment to Afghanistan as a member of an embedded training team (ETT). MAJ Stokoe discusses the challenges he experienced in training at Fort Riley, Kansas and how the...
Major Scott Thomas served as the commander of both Headquarters and Headquarters Company and Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry near Baiji, Iraq, from April 2003 through April 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview,...
MAJ Scott Vervisch served on a military transition team (MiTT) in Taji, Salman Pak and Sadr City, Iraq during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this February 2009 interview, MAJ Vervisch discusses the MiTT training at...
In this interview MAJ Whittenburg discusses his deployment with 10th SFG to Iraq in 2004. MAJ Whittenburg paints a very interesting picture of what life is like on a SF team and what kinds of missions they do when deployed. MAJ Whittenburg relays...
In this interview, MAJ Sean Coakley, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Coakley describes an incident of a soldier within his unit and how it affected his...
In this interview, MAJ Sean Heenan, US Army, Engineer, discusses his deployment to Iraq as a Company Commander in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Heenan describes a typical day, how he was able to transition after a change in...
In this interview, MAJ Sean McMahon, US Army, judge advocate general (JAG), discusses his operational deployment to Iraq as brigade JAG in 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ McMahon compares his four deployments and explains his...
In this first of two interviews, Major Sean Williams talks about serving as the fire support officer for 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group in Irbil and Mosul, Iraq from March through June 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He...
In this second of two interviews, Major Sean Williams talks about commanding Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 321st Field Artillery around Tikrit, Iraq from November 2005 through April 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He...
MAJ Serelda Herbin served with the Adjutant General branch in Baghdad, Iraq during 2010 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this March 2011 interview, MAJ Herbin discusses her pre-conceptions about Iraq and how they were disproved...
Major Shane Celeen, Armor Branch, deployed his company - Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor (2-70), part of 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kansas - after a six-month trainup in March 2003. New to the company, his unit had...
MAJ Shane Vesely served as a C-130 pilot and squadron commander with the 16th Expeditionary Special Operations Squadron (ESOS) in 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this September 2011 interview, MAJ Vesely discusses...
In this interview MAJ Sharon Ramp, a Logistics officer, discusses her deployment to Iraq on a Worldwide Augmentation System WIAS tasking from US Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) in Louisiana. With limited guidance and direction MAJ Ramp arrived in...
A U.S. Army reservist, Major Shauna Hauser served under the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq (MNSTC-I) from October 2004 to February 2005 as a J5 police planner. Involved in the training, equipping and reorganization of Iraqi police...
In this first of two interviews, Major Shawn Carden talks about serving as the communications officer for 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group in Kandahar, Afghanistan from January through June 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He...
In this second of two interviews, Major Shawn Carden talks about serving as the communications officer for the 82nd Sustainment Brigade in Talil, Iraq from August 2006 through November 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses how...
MAJ Shawn Dalrymple served as company commander in Laghman Province, Bagram, and Kapisa Province, Afghanistan during 2007 and 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this February 2012 interview, MAJ Dalrymple discusses the...
In this first of two interviews, Major Shawn Kahler talks about serving as the transportation officer for the 24th Corps Support Group in Kuwait up to Baghdad, Iraq from January through September 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He...
In this second of two interviews, Major Shawn Kahler talks about serving as the logistics officer for 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery and commanding Forward Support Company, 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery on Forward Operating Base Remagen...