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re: Desert Storm - 31 years ago today
Posted on 1/16/22 at 11:13 am to theantiquetiger
Posted on 1/16/22 at 11:13 am to theantiquetiger
Someone here posted this a while back when this topic came up. It absolutely blew my mind the scope of the logistics and planning that went into it.
The Operation Room - Desert Storm
It starts with the air invasion and goes on to the other aspects. Very well done.
The Operation Room - Desert Storm
It starts with the air invasion and goes on to the other aspects. Very well done.
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Posted on 1/16/22 at 11:15 am to theantiquetiger
I was in Yemen, a country much aligned with Iraq. My company designated me as an "essential employee" when they evacuated families and non-essential employees. There was no TV coverage of the build up, or of the skirmishes between the forces - we had to rely upon the BBC radio service to keep up with what was going on.
Posted on 1/16/22 at 11:23 am to theantiquetiger
I had been there already since August with 1 MEF. Almost 2 years later we were right back in that part of the world in Mogadishu. Deployed there 2 more times with 11th MEU for Desert Thunder and Southern Watch.
This post was edited on 1/16/22 at 11:24 am
Posted on 1/16/22 at 11:32 am to theantiquetiger
IIRC I was in a barber’s chair when the news showed some anti aircraft activity.
Posted on 1/16/22 at 11:33 am to theantiquetiger
Was in 6th grade sitting in class with all the other barksdale brats scared shiteless.
Posted on 1/16/22 at 11:54 am to theantiquetiger
I was barely 18 and had been in country for 13 days. 1165th MP out of Butler, Al. Followed the Big Red One through the morning that the ground was started. Wasn't long after that I'm in the back of a 2 1/2 ton watching prisoners.
This post was edited on 1/16/22 at 3:04 pm
Posted on 1/16/22 at 12:01 pm to Obtuse1
shite we covered the same ground - Just Cause and DS. I wonder if our paths ever crossed - you ever work with any AF CCTs?
Posted on 1/16/22 at 12:16 pm to marcnbc
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marcnbc
You were a Lost Boy of the Marine Reserves in BR?
Posted on 1/16/22 at 12:42 pm to blueridgeTiger
I heard Yemen is the lousiest place to be on the Gulf.
Posted on 1/16/22 at 1:00 pm to theantiquetiger
I was at Ft Hood doing live fire exercises when the first strike hit
Posted on 1/16/22 at 1:27 pm to theantiquetiger
My dad (Air Force) left from Langley AFB for Desert Storm on Dec. 26, 1990. Day after my 17th birthday. Was in the AWACS...stayed 4 months, came home and retired a year later. 26 year career. So proud!!
Posted on 1/16/22 at 1:56 pm to doc baklava
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I heard Yemen is the lousiest place to be on the Gulf.
It wasn't too bad before Sadam Hussein invaded Kuwait - I worked in the capital city of Sana'a, but traveled frequently to the company's desert operations and to the marine terminal on the Red Sea. The Yemenis I worked with were for the most part, hard working, family oriented and generous.
Posted on 1/16/22 at 2:05 pm to Obtuse1
I got there in the third week of August I think. I was easily in the first couple of thousand folks over there. When we deployed we were riding in the back of a deuce and half to Green Ramp (Pope AFB) our LT. was looking worried. One of the guys said “Hey LT you looked worried what’s up”? He said something like “gents it’s bad, Saddam has 250k troops on the Saudi border, some of us aren’t coming home”. Thank God that wasn’t the case. Saddam never invaded even though it would have been successful. We went with no heavy weapons, no tanks, no vehicles and so on. We were just an American presence and jokingly referred to ourselves as Iraqi speed bumps.
One of the guys that went to my high school was one of the first deaths over there. He was a marine and was a good dude.
I was too late to make it to Panama but my unit was there. Some of the guys were nervous, some were excited and so on. We never anticipated it to go as well as it did. Our leadership we made sure to have a supply of body bags for the expected casualties. They fully expected chemical weapons to come into play at some point.
Looking back, it’s hard to believe it was real. I do know it put me in a different frame of mind that I still have today.
One of the guys that went to my high school was one of the first deaths over there. He was a marine and was a good dude.
I was too late to make it to Panama but my unit was there. Some of the guys were nervous, some were excited and so on. We never anticipated it to go as well as it did. Our leadership we made sure to have a supply of body bags for the expected casualties. They fully expected chemical weapons to come into play at some point.
Looking back, it’s hard to believe it was real. I do know it put me in a different frame of mind that I still have today.
Posted on 1/16/22 at 2:20 pm to eitek1
I just want to say "Thanks You" to you men and women that were over there. It is appreciated. Your service and duty is and was just as important as any other conflict this country has faced.
I was on a roof top when the radio reported that Iraqi tanks with their turrets turned backwards were approaching Coalition forces as if to surrender, and then at the last minute turn them around and begin firing.
I was on a roof top when the radio reported that Iraqi tanks with their turrets turned backwards were approaching Coalition forces as if to surrender, and then at the last minute turn them around and begin firing.
This post was edited on 1/16/22 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 1/16/22 at 2:23 pm to theantiquetiger
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marcnbc You were a Lost Boy of the Marine Reserves in BR?
Yes Sir....Heavy Machine Gun Platoon
Posted on 1/16/22 at 2:30 pm to WWII Collector
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I was on a roof top when the radio reported that Iraqi tanks with their turrets turned backwards were approaching Coalition forces as if to surrender, and then at the last minute turn them around and begin firing.
I assure you, they paid for that dearly…
Posted on 1/16/22 at 2:37 pm to Macrell
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It was short lived bc dad got in route to Somalia not too long after that.
Somalia is where I got on and stayed for over 10 years. Looking back, it’s amazing the amount of shite we got into over a 15 year period. Most folks aren’t even aware of half of it.
Posted on 1/16/22 at 2:41 pm to theantiquetiger
TYFYS
Posted on 1/16/22 at 2:51 pm to marcnbc
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Yes Sir....Heavy Machine Gun Platoon
Carey Carter and Eric Madison are great friends of mine. Carey and I grew up together since 6th grade, roommates in our 20’s.
Posted on 1/16/22 at 5:20 pm to theantiquetiger
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Carey Carter and Eric Madison are great friends of mine. Carey and I grew up together since 6th grade, roommates in our 20’s.
Was Carter a blonde headed dude...on the thin side? “Mad Dog” Madison was crazy as shite(in a good way)...think he went to Episcopal. Haven’t heard those names in years. Believe they were in our 81mm Mortar Platoon.
I remember doing a field drill at Camp Shelby in Mississippi one weekend and we were doing our yearly training in the gas chamber.....”Mad Dog” comes hauling arse through there without his mask on screaming something...went out the other side of the building and...shite barely fazed him.
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