Cover title. Interview conducted in 2006. Publication date based on signed user agreement. This oral history transcript is a part of the academic year 2006, US Army War College/US Army Military History Institute's Senior Officer Oral History Program, prepared under the auspices of the Institute's Oral History Branch.

Introduction -- Military experience -- ROTC -- Leading to and deployment -- Kuwait -- Soldier experiences -- Wearing body armor -- Homesick -- Leadership challenges -- Qatar -- Kuwait, cake duty -- The soldiers -- General order #1 -- The unit mission -- Re-deployment issues -- Family programs -- Technology : blogs and websites -- COSCOM, Ft. Hood -- Your life and deployment -- Advice about entering the military -- Parting thoughts.