Interview with MAJ Jose Martinez, Part I

• Main Author: MAJ Jose Martinez
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute 2008
• Subjects: Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF); Iraq War; 2003-; Afghanistan War; 2001-; Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF); Water purification; 202nd Quartermaster Detachment; 559th Quartermaster Battalion; 800th MP Brigade; Camp Bucca; Contractors; Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit (ROWPU); Um Qasr; WATEK; Camp Arifjan; Kuwait; Ammunition; US Army Central (USARCENT); Fort McPherson
• Online Access: http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll13/id/1098

Major Jose Martinez, a quartermaster officer, deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom in April 2003 as the commander of the 202nd Quartermaster Detachment (Water Purification) of the 559thQuartermaster Battalion-the only active duty water purification battalion in the Army. Martinez drew an entire compa...