Gary Schreckengost

Major Gary Schreckengost served as the operations advisor for the fightin' 4th Brigade, 1st Division (Iraq), New Iraqi Army in the Fallujah Area of Operations from 2005-2006 as a member of a Military Transition Team from the 80th Division (United States). Before this, in 2002-03, he served as an assistant operations officer (information operations) for Task Force Saber, 104th Cavalry Regiment (United States), which was posted at Brcko, Bosnia, as part of SFOR. His information operations techniques were published in Armor Magazine and Field Artillery Journal, which helped refine the emerging doctrine.

He was medically retired due to injuries sustained while conducting combat operations in Iraq. His awards include the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal (w/ two oak leaves), the Iraq Campaign Medal, the NATO Medal (Bosnia), and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.

He is the author of The 1st Louisiana Special Battalion: Wheat's Tigers in the Civil War(Louisiana Tigers) as well as articles that can be found in America's Civil War Magazine and World War II Magazine

He obtained a Master's in American Studies from Penn State University and a Bachelor's in Social Studies Education from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. He currently teaches social studies at Martin Meylin Middle School in the Lampeter-Strasburg School District.