Oral history of Jason Bradley
Clemson University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives A video recording of an in-person interview conducted by Jeff Fulton with Captain Jason Bradley on November 20, 2013. Born on January 10, 1977, Bradley enlisted in the United States Army Aviation branch in 1994. He trained as an AH-64 Apache crew chief and was first stationed at Katterbach, Germany. He then moved to Camp Comanche in Bosnia and describes missions for Operation Joint Guard. After six years of active duty, he left the military in 2000 to pursue an engineering career with General Electric while completing his education.
In 2008, motivated by 9/11 and a desire to contribute as a leader, Bradley re-entered the Army as a direct-commissioned officer in the Engineer Corps. He deployed to Afghanistan in 2010, where he led a route clearance platoon tasked with detecting and neutralizing IEDs. He describes the intensity of Operation Strong Eagle, in which his unit faced an intense ambush.
2013-11-20