This is a transcript from a taped oral history interview with SGM Dennis Thompson, former Vietnam Conflict prisoner of war (audio version also available in USASMA digital library). He was interviewed by MSG Ransic Refeus for the US ARMY SERGEANTS...
This is a transcript from a 1994 interview with Sergeant major of the Army Glen E. Morrell (USA-Ret.) for the US Army museum of the noncommissioned officer sergeants major of the ARMY book project.
During his May 2003 to July 2004 deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Major George H. Sarabia served as a regimental S4, then XO of 2nd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment. Based in the heavily Shi'ite Baghdad slum of Sadr City,...
This is a transcript of a 1993 interview with SMA Silas L. Copeland, Sergeant Major of the ARMY, conducted for the Sergeant major of the ARMY history project.
From March through September 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major James Swift commanded the 426th Forward Support Battalion's supply company - part of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. In this comprehensive interview,...
LCDR Julio Sanchez served as a cryptology officer with the US Navy in Iraq and Afghanistan during 2008 and 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this April 2010 interview, LCDR Sanchez discusses...
MAJ Nathaniel Crain served as intelligence officer (S2) with the 5th Engineer Battalion in Taji, Iraq during 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this January 2011 interview, MAJ Crain discusses the shock of reaching Baghdad so...
From March 2003 through March 2004, Major Dennis Van Wey supported Operation IRAQI FREEDOM as part of the 418th Civil Affairs Battalion, a Reserve unit out of Belton, Missouri. Based initially in Ba'qubah with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th...
This is a transcript of a 1994 interview with William A. Connelly, Sergeant Major of the ARMY, conducted for the Sergeant major of the ARMY history project.
This is a transcript of a lecture given by Sergeant Major Dennis Thompson, former Vietnam War POW, to USASMA Class of 1983. He talks about his imprisonment and what he learned from it, including how he survived, advice on how to prepare for the...
Major Neil Doherty served as the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) manager for Diyala Province, Iraq from July 2006 through July 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about his desire for convoy training prior to...
MAJ Don Crawford served on a transition team (TT) working with the Iraqi National Police (INP) in Baghdad, Iraq during 2008 and 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this March 2010 interview, MAJ Crawford discusses the challenges...
From November 2005 through November 2006, Major Mike Volpe served as chief of a military transition team (MiTT) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, assigned to advise 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade of the 6th Iraqi Army Division. He begins by...
The commander of 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004-2005, Colonel Steven Bullimore, in this interview, begins by explaining how he went about re-training his artillery soldiers to be infantrymen and...
This is an oral history interview with Sergeant Major of the Army (Ret.) William o. Wooldridge, the first Sergeant Major of the Army, conducted on 6 February 2000.
Captain Daniel Ruecking deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom as the assistant fire support officer of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment in March 2003, becoming fire support officer of the 1st "Tiger" Squadron, 3rd ACR later that year. He also took...
A veteran of two deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, US Marine Corps Major Dave Banning commanded Alpha Company, 1st Tank Battalion, attached initially to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment and later to 1st Marines, in theater from...
Staff Sergeant Steven Jackson was a Reserve Component soldier who reenlisted on his fiftieth birthday in 2003 after a sixteen-year break in service. After a valuable predeployment train-up at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, he mobilized at Fort Bragg, North...
The US Army relies on tactical-level leaders, not for their physical warfighting skills, but for their ability to employ cognitive thought during stressful situations. Cognitive tasks include sensing patterns, deciphering complex environments,...