GEN Cody served as the 31st Army Vice Chief of Staff from June, 2004 to July, 2008. Here, he discusses his early life in Montpelier, VT, his time at West Point as a member of the Class of 1972 and his 36 year Army career where he was known as a master aviator. LTC Cody's Apache battalion opened Desert Storm with a dramatic raid on Iraq's perimeter radar sites. He also discusses his role in the investigation of the Abu Ghraib scandal during the war in Iraq.