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  Eric Wesley - Army +8 Total Videos

  3rd Infantry Division, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team

  LTG Eric Wesley discusses some of the things he's learned about leadership and how good leadership can affect not only individuals, but large groups of people.

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  Mike Barno - Army +13 Total Videos

  3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division

  When a vehicle loaded with explosives blew up at the gate, dental officer Mike Barno hurried to his emergency assignment, triage at the aid station. A truck with wounded men from the Afghan Army pulled up and he jumped into the back, ready to help.

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  LTG David Barno - Army +14 Total Videos

  Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan

  What's it like for a retired general to watch from the sidelines as wars continue? David Barno answers that and has a few observations about how his former command in Afghanistan is being managed.

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  Mike Barno - Army +13 Total Videos

  3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division

  Mike Barno explains why it may not be a great idea to take a free phone from a CIA guy. Another incident with a care package full of soap caused him to take some flack from the other guys.

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  Peter Sprenger - Army +15 Total Videos

  101st Airborne

  Slammed by powerful explosives, 2LT Sprenger describes the sheer terror of being blinded and badly injured. He relives the heroic efforts of those who helped him scramble to safety.

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  LTG David Barno - Army +14 Total Videos

  Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan

  Following the tragic deaths of ten Afghan children, it fell on General David Barno to tell President Karzai about the incident. He describes the effect this had on the rules of engagement going forward and he discusses a document he drew up to give guidelines to the troops that would keep them in the good graces of their hosts.

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  Patty Justice +4 Total Videos

  7303rd Medical Training Support Battalion, 1st Medical Training Brigade

  Justice details a too-close-for-comfort interaction with a vehicle-borne IED. The IED came as a complete surprise and the entire F.O.B. fell into what Justice could only describe as “chaos” immediately following the explosion. She suffered several injuries and had to work with the nurses back in Bagram and depend on the friendship of comrade Colonel Ellison to come back from the injuries.

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  Michael Boyce - Marines +3 Total Videos

  USMC, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expedition Brigade, 1st-4th Air Wings

  Mr. Boyce discusses working with many Kurds and Iraqi civilians for about a year following the end of the first Gulf War.

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  Chris Pinkerton - Army +16 Total Videos

  25th ID (ABN)

  2LT Pinkerton dramatically recalls what happened after an explosive projectile slammed into an army truck injuring two buddies and killing an officer all the soldiers respected.

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  Mike Schlitz - Army +5 Total Videos

  4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division

  Mike Schlitz tells about the circumstances that led to his injury and all of the life changes that occurred as a result.

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  Mike Barno - Army +13 Total Videos

  3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division

  Mike Barno recalls his experiences with local civilians during his tour in Afghanistan. The dental officer had staunchly pro-American Afghan translators in his company. The Afghan Army dentists weren't very friendly but the children from the nearby school sure were.

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  LTG David Barno - Army +14 Total Videos

  Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan

  What would be the positive memories of his time in Afghanistan? For General David Barno, the best thing was seeing young officers blossom into senior leaders. He had a quiet, lone homecoming and then a radically different operating environment, the Pentagon.

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  Mike Barno - Army +13 Total Videos

  3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division

  When he got his orders to go home, Mike Barno started a game of hurry-up-and-wait. When he finally got to Hawaii, he was surprised to find a noisy 2 AM escort for the buses.

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  LTG David Barno - Army +14 Total Videos

  Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan

  General David Barno formed a task force to train Iraqi exiles during the preparations for that conflict and he managed it so well that he got some attention up the chain. His next assignment was a big one, command of the combined forces in Afghanistan.

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  Mike Barno - Army +13 Total Videos

  3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division

  The sniper was hidden in the hills above the base in Afghanistan. Dental officer Mike Barno was there for routine procedures, but no one wanted to go see the dentist with that sniper out there. He got a patient eventually, the hard way.

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  Eric Wesley - Army +8 Total Videos

  3rd Infantry Division, 2nd Brigade

  We all remember that fateful morning of 2001, but it had a very different impact for those who would be going to battle as a result. LTG Wesley recalls the pivotal event and how Iraq was viewed before the invasion in 2003.

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  LTG David Barno - Army +14 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  He grew up in a house full of military memorabilia and in the eighth grade, David Barno decided that not only would he become an Army officer, he would go to West Point. He immediately began to execute a plan to make it happen.

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  Eric Wesley - Army +8 Total Videos

  3rd Infantry Division, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team

  The time had come for the brigade to push into Iraq. Speed was the goal, but multiple challenges faced them including navigating the desert terrain and getting fuel to the tanks. LTG Wesley describes the strategic thoughts that went into pushing through southern Iraq on their way to Baghdad. Part 2 of 4

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  LTG David Barno - Army +14 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  Many of the instructors at West Point had served in Vietnam, recalls David Barno. The war was on the mind of every cadet and when Vietnam fell, they knew they would not be going there. This particular class would become known for the number of future generals it produced.

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  Mike Barno - Army +13 Total Videos

  3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division

  The dentist was part of the medical company at the base in Afghanistan. Mike Barno describes the operation of that unit and the importance of his additional duty, triage officer in mass casualty events.

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  Eric Wesley - Army +8 Total Videos

  3rd Infantry Division, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team

  In just over a week, the city of Baghdad had been occupied by American forces. LTG Eric Wesley remembers the days following and the leadership shown to reinforce the Army's presence in Baghdad.

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  LTG David Barno - Army +14 Total Videos

  1st Ranger Battalion

  He heard of Grenada on a Friday and on Monday he was flying there. David Barno was a Ranger company commander who took part in the hastily put together operation. It was such a patchwork of units and plans that everything went wrong that could. It spurred congressional hearings that actually helped correct the situation.

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  Mike Barno - Army +13 Total Videos

  3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division

  Mike Barno noticed there was suddenly a SEAL unit on the base near the Pakistan border. Then there was an order that everyone had to wear body armor all day. Something big was going on, something that would bring some closure to the 9/11 attacks.

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  LTG David Barno - Army +14 Total Videos

  Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan

  It was a tough job for the top commander in Afghanistan. General David Barno had to manage relations between President Karzai and the United Nations and the forces fighting the war. He soon determined that a fair and free election was the best way to thwart the efforts of the Taliban.

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  Mike Barno - Army +13 Total Videos

  3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division

  In the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan, small arms fire from above was a big problem. Army dentist Mike Barno remembers a visit to a Forward Operating Base (FOB) during which his assistant had to dodge that fire.

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  Eric Wesley - Army +8 Total Videos

  1st Armored Division

  LTG Wesley was deployed to Germany at the tail end of the Cold War where he was able to serve with the 1st Armored Division. He would have to sit out Desert Storm, but the experience gained during this time would be very valuable in the future.

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  LTG David Barno - Army +14 Total Videos

  Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan

  Every Army officer has had mentors and for David Barno, it was not only men he had served under but men who had served under him. Since his retirement, he has been busy writing and teaching and remembering how his military career was the dream of a lifetime.

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  Eric Wesley - Army +8 Total Videos

  3rd Infantry Division, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team

  Preparations were being made in 2002 to move into Iraq, and LTG Wesley along with the Spartan Brigade were going to spend six months in Kuwait doing maneuvers. Anticipation rose as invasion seemed to be just around the corner, but it wasn't going to be like 1991's Desert Storm, this time they were going to Baghdad. Part 1 of 4

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  LTG David Barno - Army +14 Total Videos

  1st Ranger Battalion

  It was assumed to be a one day operation, but it was on the the third day of action on the island of Grenada that David Barno faced his first combat. The Ranger company commander took away many important lessons from that chaotic operation.

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  Eric Wesley - Army +8 Total Videos

  3rd Infantry Division, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team

  On the way through Iraq, LTG Wesley would have his first combat experience. Incoming fire as they moved through Iraqi villages generated plenty of adrenaline to carry them to Baghdad. However, their plan to siege the city was changed into something more difficult. Part 3 of 4