Operation Desert Storm veterans...sound off!

[KY2TX]

Weapons Co. 2/5, 1st Mar Div

[brianlg31]

Here are a few. I wasn’t ordinance. I was an aircraft sheet metal mech/welder. But we had nothing to do. If the planes could stay in the air, they flew them. If they couldn’t they parked them and go another one. So we went out to the ordinance depot and helped assemble bombs. It was actually pretty cool!

[brianlg31]

This is Kent Khoury. He past away 2 weeks ago. We spend dang near all 4 yrs together

[brianlg31]

I think the one with me holding the package was right after Gunny Pagent convinced me to try sardines. My grandmother had been sending them to me the whole time we were there and I always gave them to him. Sure wish I had tried the first can!

[Chew]

Good stuff, Brian.

[curtintex]

Very cool. I was a senior in HS and pulling for you boys. Y'all sure kicked some *** quick. Thank y'all.

[Hogmauler]

I was working for Cameron Elastomer Technology then and was watching the night footage of “shock and awe”. Semper Fi 2nd Tank Battalion, Camp LeJeune. 7th Communication Battalion, Camp Hansen, Okinawa. Oooorah! My supply Sargent let me keep my K Bar. Still got it!

[Bisch]

Thanks for y’all’s service!!!!!

I was never in the armed forces, just a civil servant firefighter my whole career. I’m thankful that all you folks gave so the rest of us can enjoy the freedom!!!!!

Bisch

[murph62]

Thank you for your service sir! I served in Army aviation 82-86. I didn’t go to desert storm but my Brother fired the very first shot of Desert Storm. Task force Normandy. He was a CW2 Apache Helicopter pilot. YouTube has good videos of this Mission. He doesn’t mind talking the air war much but he’s only talked about the ground war once. He was with the 101st. The Highway of death day. Told me he didn’t know how many men he killed that day but it was too many to count. Flew all day loading and unloading that Apache. He’s never been the same since then. Definitely changed him. We grew up in Azle Tx.

[Chew]

Some old pics.

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Few more...

[ThisLadyHunts]

Few more...

Who’s the good lookin’ slim fella in all those pics??

[Chew]

Who’s the good lookin’ slim fella in all those pics??

Saddam Hussein. You may have heard of him?

[ThisLadyHunts]

Saddam Hussein. You may have heard of him?

BAAH haha ha! Good one!

[Hagen]

I was working for Cameron Elastomer Technology then and was watching the night footage of “shock and awe”. Semper Fi 2nd Tank Battalion, Camp LeJeune. 7th Communication Battalion, Camp Hansen, Okinawa. Oooorah! My supply Sargent let me keep my K Bar. Still got it!

I was at Camp Hansen 86-87. I have fond memories of Kinville, esp Club Washington.