by Christian Southards | Jun 9, 2021
On May 26, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mark Takano (D-Calif.) unveiled the Honoring our PACT Act of 2021, which consolidates a bipartisan effort in Congress to prioritize care for veterans that have been exposed to airborne toxins during military...
by Fr. Tancredo R. Pastores, Jr. | Aug 24, 2020
On 2 August 1990, Saddam Hussein’s Iraq invaded Kuwait. This act precipitated U.S. military involvement in the Persian Gulf. I was 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) Medical Non Commissioned Officer during the Persian Gulf War. Our brigade, also...
by Jared Morgan | Aug 1, 2020
Sunday marks 30 years since Iraqi troops set foot in Kuwait with the intent of annexing their oil-rich southern neighbor and this edition of the California Legionnaire is dedicated to those who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during the conflict that subsequently...
by Jeff Roubal | Aug 1, 2020
I worked on Operation Desert Storm from 7,000 miles away. My family and I arrived in Korea in June 1990, two months before Saddam Hussein attacked Kuwait on Aug. 2. I was assigned to Headquarters 7th Air Force at Osan Air Base. The headquarters buildings were on a...
by Laura Schmidt | Aug 1, 2020
I was deployed to USNS Comfort, T-AH 20 in support of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Other than dependent cruises, staffing this Navy hospital ship was quite a different experience for me. Basically, my husband and I now had our roles reversed. I was the...
by John Sinkovits | Aug 1, 2020
I was in the U.S. Army reserve national guard in California. My unit got activated and was sent to Fort Irvin in the Mojave desert for training. I was a track commander and while maneuvering in the desert a dust storm picked up and blinded us. My APC went over a...
