Oral History Interview with Todd Haskell

Keywords: Army recruiter; Couderay, Wisconsin; Illinois; Ladysmith, Wisconsin; Washington; Winter High School; high school equivalency; search and rescue

Keywords: 31B; A.I.T; Arkansas; Army; California; Drill Sergeant Parelles; Fort Leonard Wood; Little Rock; MEPS; National Guard; San Diego; Wisconsin; advanced individual training; basic training; military entrance processing station; military police; riot training

Keywords: 101st Airborne Division; Afghanistan; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; MRF; Nashville, Tennessee; convoy training; mobile reaction force; special troops battalion

Keywords: 82nd Airborne Division; Bagram Airfield; Bagram, Afghanistan; E-4; I.E.D; QRF; air assault missions; combat missions; disability rating; first assignment; improvised explosive device; lead gunner; medivac; patrol; quick reaction force

Keywords: Afghan villages; MRAP; S shop; Taliban; commanding officers; medevac; military vehicles; mine-resistant ambush protected; patrols; personal growth; special forces base

Keywords: Bagram Air Base; Gary Gentry; Jeremy Richards; MWR; MySpace; Nicholas Eckstrom; Skype; Stephen Rogers; Xbox; celebrities; email; internet; morale, welfare, and recreation; platoon; soldier image; squad; video games

Keywords: 101st Airborne Division; 82nd Airborne Division; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; TBI; Wisconsin; traumatic brain injury

Keywords: Bagram Airfield; Blackhawk helicopters; C-5 Galaxy; C.I.A.; C.I.A. compound; Diego Garcia; Fort Leonard Wood; General David Petraeus; General Stanley McChrystal; Guam; Hawaii; Kabul International Air Force Base; Lieutenant General David M. Rodriguez; MRF; Major General John F. Campbell; Mariana Trench; President; President Barack Obama; Thailand; anti-terrorism evasive driving; embassy; four-star general; lead driver; personal security; personal security detachment; riots; two-star general; volcanoes

Keywords: Camp Eggers, Afghanistan; Colin Powell; Hillary Clinton; Lieutenant General David Rodriguez; Thanksgiving; Today Show; leadership; respect

Keywords: 5th Special Forces Group; APFT; E-4; E-5; E-7; Fort Campbell; Fort Knox; G-3 training; NCOIC; Sergeant Dwayne Johnson; Sergeant Jose Millan; army physical fitness test; garrison army; non-commissioned lead officer in charge; pre-selection; re-upping; schooling; selection; special forces

Keywords: Hayward, Wisconsin; PTSD; Wisconsin; anxiety; back pay; construction; depression; disability rating; explosions; health care; medication; nightmares; tinnitus; traumatic brain iinjury; veterans service office

Keywords: 101st Airborne Division; daughter; humanity; purpose; skills; stress; suicide