US Army - Obama Presidency Oral History US Army Index / Organizations Transcripts Rick Jordan ...brought in these guys from [ US Army ] Edgewood Chemical and Biologica... Leon Panetta ...officer from 1964 to 1966, and received the Army Commendation Medal. Outside o... ...country. Secondly, as an officer in the US Army , and having to work with a broad cros... ...I remember having then to go into the Army , and I had to make a decision—do I g... ...a hell of an experience. I served in the Army during the Vietnam War, and to suddenl... Heather Linebaugh ...reasons. But my stepbrother had joined the Army , and then my other stepbrother—I ha... ...had two stepbrothers—he also joined the Army , so they—I kind of realized at on... ...And my brothers told me, “Don't join the Army , because you're going to get blown u... ...going to get blown up if you join the Army . So don't join the Army.” And I said... ...up if you join the Army. So don't join the Army .” And I said, “Okay, I won't join th... ...Army.” And I said, “Okay, I won't join the Army .” So I was thinking about the Navy... ...the entry exam thing that they do with the Army . After I took the ASVAB with the Army... ...the Army. After I took the ASVAB with the Army , then I was like, “Oh, I actuall... ...join the Air Force. Like, I'm—” because the Army will—I hate to say this—but they'l... ...do that. It depends on the branch, but the Army usually pushes people through reall... ...[Military Occupational Specialty] for the Army , I guess, and you basically have you... Show more... Shaun Donovan ...talk the US military into—particularly the Army —becoming the sort of front lines o... James Risen ...Tom Cotton who was then a captain in the Army in Iraq. And he became famous b... Craig Spencer ...on behalf of the US intervention, the US Army —obviously the US military has some o... Louvon Harris ...of the Air Force—not the Air Force, but the Army ; got to lieutenant. He was at a bu... Gautam Raghavan ...who later went on to be secretary of the Army at the end of the administration, an... Chelsea and Jeremy Haynes ...the distinct pleasure of interviewing US Army Retired Major Jeremy Haynes and hi... ...First Class Chelsea Haynes of the US Army Reserves. Major and Sergeant Haynes ha... ...in me to serve. My path was going to the Army . I chose the Reserve in order to stil... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy go to the Education Education go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate go to the Chicago Chicago go to the Atlantic Relations Atlantic Relations