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...
by Tobias Brown | Aug 1, 2020
I was a 20 year old specialist during the Persian Gulf War assigned to the 1/227th Aviation Regiment of the First Cavalry Division. My role was an aircraft fire control specialist for the AH-64A Apache Attack Helicopter. We would jump to various Forward Arming And...
by Donald Branscum | Aug 1, 2020
I was a sergeant assigned to USAF, 1st TFW/71st AMU, Langley, AFB, VA deployed to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. 1st Tactical Fighter Wing was the first military unit into Saidi Arabia. First In, First Aerial Kill and First Out. Aug 7, 1990 to March 24, 1991. Perfect setting...
by Biagio Colandreo Jr | Aug 1, 2020
I was a new first lieutenant Cobra pilot in our fleet replacement squadron (FRS), HMT-303, at Camp Pendleton when news hit that Iraq had invaded Kuwait. Two of the Marine Light/Attack helicopter (HMLA) squadrons made up of 18 AH-1Ws and 12 UH-1N Hueys departed within...
