Past Soldier Stories
- Captain Anthony Bianchi is a Field Artillery Officer with the Army. Bianchi is from Tampa, and is on his first tour, currently stationed at Camp Delta, Iraq.
**Hear Cpt. Bianchi Send Greetings to Friends and Family!** - Lieutenant Colonel William McGarrity is a Pilot and Batallion Commander with the Army. McGarrity is from Winter Haven, and is on his first tour, currently stationed in Baghdad, Iraq. Prior to this deployment, Lt.Col. McGarrity served a tour in Afghanistan, fighting the War on Terror.
**Hear Lt. Col. McGarrity Thank WDBO Listeners For Their Support!** - Lieutenant Michael Melesky is a Military Finances Officer with the Marines. Melesky is from Ponte Vedra Beach, and is on his first tour, currently stationed at Camp TQ, Iraq.
**Hear Lt. Melesky Send Greetings to Friends and Family!** - Corporal Samuel Waers is a Planning Specialist with the Marines. Waers is from Orlando, and is on his first tour, currently stationed at Camp TQ, Iraq.
**Hear Cpl. Waers Send Greetings to Friends and Family!** - Officer Brian Stroka is a Logistics Specialist with the Marines. Stroka is from Fort Myers, and is on his second tour, currently stationed at Camp Speicher, in northern Iraq.
**Hear Ofcr. Stroka Send Greetings to Friends and Family!** - Chief Petty Officer Kevin Robinson is a Regiment Safety Officer with the Navy. Robinson is from Gainesville, and is on his first tour, currently stationed at Camp TQ, Iraq.
**Hear CPO Robinson Send Greetings to Friends and Family!** - Corporal Dwight Bletcher is a Supplies Driver with the Marine is from St. Petersburg (FL), and is about to start his third tour. He's currently stationed at Camp TQ, Iraq.
- Sergeant Dail Salmon is a Maintenance Management Specialist with the Marines. Salmon is from Ft. Lauderdale, and is on his first tour, currently stationed at Camp TQ, Iraq.
Hear Sergeant Salmon Send Greetings to Friends and Family! - Corporal John B. Floyd III is a Technical Meteorologist with the Marines. Floyd is from Margate (FL), and is currently on his first tour, stationed in Camp TQ, Iraq.
- Sergeant Angel Rivera is an Equipment Maintenance Specialist. Rivera is from Miami and is currently stationed at Camp Speicher, in northern Iraq.
- Sergeant James Eaton is a Gunner Sergeant with the Marines. Eaton is from Orlando, and is currently on his first tour, stationed in Camp TQ, Iraq.
- Lance Corporal Robert Bradford is a Field Radio Operator with the Marines. Bradford is from Orlando, and will start his second tour in February. He's currently stationed in Fallujah, Iraq.
- Captain Dustin Potter is a Field Artillery Officer with the Army. Potter is from Oviedo, and is on his second tour, currently stationed at Camp Kalsu, Iraq.
- Private Adam Sanders is a Combat Documentation Specialist with the Army. Sanders is from Melbourne, and is on his second tour, currently stationed at Camp Kalsu, Iraq.
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Army Captain Rick Schilling is an Operations Officer. His wife, Captain Aprelle Schilling, works on the Deputy Secretary General's staff. The couple are from Kissimmee, currently stationed in Kuwait. - Army Captain Charles Canon was Company Commander of Bravo 1501 Airborne Infantry. Canon is from Geneva (Florida), and is on his second tour, currently stationed at Camp Kalsu, Iraq (south of Baghdad).
- Lance Corporal Erick Olivas is a Logistics Vehicle System Operator with the Marines. Olivas is from Tampa, and is currently stationed at Camp TQ, Iraq, west of Baghdad.
- Sergeant Jessie Weed is a Marine Reservist and Platoon Sergeant with the Fourth Platoon, Transportation Support Company, Second Supply Division. Weed is from Altamonte Springs, and is currently stationed at Camp TQ, Iraq, west of Baghdad.
- Lieutenant DJ Dryer is a Brigade Safety Officer with the Third Hammer Brigade, Third Infantry Division. Dyer grew up in Bradenton, and is currently on his second tour, stationed just east of Baghdad.
- Army Captain Deanne Bryant is from Jensen Beach, and is currently on her second tour, now stationed at Camp Victory (Baghdad).
- Sergeant Donovan Sims (retired) is an Iraq War veteran and Winter Park native. Sims met with WDBO's Frank Samandari, to discuss what he saw, fighting the War on Terror.
- Captain Alma Hernandez is a Judge Advocate with the U.S. Army. Hernandez is from Orlando, and will start her second tour in November. Captain Hernandez is currently stationed in Baghdad, Iraq.
- Brigadier General Daniel Schultz is Commander of the 143rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, in Orlando. Schultz is a teacher in Tampa, and serves the Command in part-time status.
- Corporal Adam Johnston is a Combat Correspondent for Coalition Forces. Johnston is from Orange Park, and is currently stationed in Baghdad, Iraq.
- Colonel Norman Allen is an attorney, with the Army's Third Infantry Division. Allen is from Panama City, and is on his fifth tour in Iraq, currently stationed in Baghdad (Camp Victory).
- Lieutenant Colonel Mike Cook is Division Controller for Coalition Forces. Cook is from Jacksonville, and is currently stationed in Baghdad, Iraq.
- Major John Schroeder is an Aircraft Maintenance Advisor to the Iraqi Air Force. Schroeder trains both Iraqi Police and Military Officers and is currently stationed in Baghdad, Iraq.
- Gunner Sergeant Mills is a Safety Officer with the Marine Corps, responsible for logistics, training and security. Mills is currently stationed in Baghdad, Iraq.
- Captain Jenny Iglesias is a Transportation Officer with the Army Reserve. Iglesias is from Orlando, and has just returned from service in Baghdad, Iraq.
- Command Master Chief James Piner is with the Second Marine Logistics Group, training Iraqi Soldiers and Police. Piner is from Jacksonville, and is on his second tour, currently stationed in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
- Major John Heil is from Manatee County, serving with the Task Force Third Medical Command. He is on his second tour, currently stationed in Baghdad, Iraq.
- Staff Sergeant Jeffery Adorno is an Information Systems Analyst, from Ocala. He is on his second tour, currently stationed in Mosul, Iraq.
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