# OIF Planning w/COL Benson

An episode of [The Operational Arch](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1660058003), 15 Dec 2024, 50 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/c6c2bc14/podcast/play/95851999/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-11-15%2F391583667-44100-2-8b5fa856483e6.m4a

Colonel (retired) Kevin Benson joins us to discuss the campaign planning efforts for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and the initial invasion of Iraq in 2002. His experiences are captured in his recently published book Expectation of Valor: Planning for the Iraq War.

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