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re: 25 years ago today - Operation Desert Storm began
Posted on 1/17/16 at 9:37 pm to Ace Midnight
Posted on 1/17/16 at 9:37 pm to Ace Midnight
First, and as far as I know, last time USA Today published a Saturday edition.
This post was edited on 1/17/16 at 9:42 pm
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Posted on 1/17/16 at 10:25 pm to FightinTigersDammit
HMM164(C) flying CH-53Es on the USS Okinawa.
Had left the west coast earlier in the year for a normal WesPac deployment when Saddam invaded. Our amphib group were some of the first boats in the Gulf.
Had left the west coast earlier in the year for a normal WesPac deployment when Saddam invaded. Our amphib group were some of the first boats in the Gulf.
Posted on 1/17/16 at 10:38 pm to ksayetiger
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I remember seeing countless (well, countable, but a lot) of B-52s taking off from barksdale from the bus stop in 7th grade.
This happened every day, but they usually circled and landed. These kept flying and were pounding iraq that night.
This. The war all started with this crew flying something like a 35 hour mission.
Posted on 1/18/16 at 12:56 am to BRgetthenet
Yup
Posted on 1/18/16 at 1:10 am to ksayetiger
quote:One of which had my older brother in it, now Lt Col USAF (Ret)
remember seeing countless (well, countable, but a lot) of B-52s taking off from barksdale from the bus stop in 7th grade.
Posted on 1/18/16 at 1:20 am to RogerTheShrubber
People were still afraid of the draft then. It was different times.
Posted on 1/18/16 at 6:09 am to Ace Midnight
Damn. On one hand it doesn't seem like it's been 25 years. But now that I sit back and think about it, it does seem like a lifetime ago.
Posted on 1/18/16 at 6:49 am to bountyhunter
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It was a show of force to the rest of the world that we won the arms race. Was an opportunity for us to hone combined military tactics with modern weaponry as well. There were some real benefits to that war for the USA.
That's a terrible reason to go to war
Posted on 1/18/16 at 8:23 am to Ace Midnight
I remember this.....
Posted on 1/18/16 at 8:28 am to AUCE05
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We are still paying for that war.
I agree here to a point...
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Did such a shitty job, we had to go back 10 years later
Which wh should heve NEVER done....
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Not one single thing was accomplished, except empowering the IS.
Strongly disagree here... People over there need to fend for themselves at sone point........ The one thing that going back hurt was what happened on 9/11...
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