30 years ago today....Operation Desert Storm began

I was there. I didn’t get there until first week of Feb.

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I was there. I didn’t get there until first week of Feb.

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did you find any bargains?

I remember wearing this t-shirt to school and nobody complained or had an issue with it in middle school Different times.

Man I’m old

Are we gonna attack somebody??

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U.N. forces begin the liberation of Iraqi-controlled Kuwait

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We were liberating our oil baw not no Kuwaitis!

I knew something was about to go down. Was stationed Ramstein AB, Germany. It was used as one of the last stops for hauling everything to the Middle East. We fueled the planes. We were on 12 hour shifts, 7 days a week. A bunch of us dorm rats choose nights. Allowed the married folks to be home at night. We would drive a fuel truck for 12 straight hours. Dump the load on a plane, go refill. All night and day. Got to work on night and all of a sudden, nothing. No planes coming in, none going out. A couple days later our only radio and TV stations blacked out. Thats when shock and awe started.

Those first images on the news of the missiles flying through the air is burned into memory.

I remember watching the Iraqis lighting up the sky with anti aircraft guns on the news. I remember what I was eating for dinner that night.

I also remember our crazy neighbor in the East come over with a few guns to speak with my dad about going to war. My dad was military.

I recall thinking, your guns aren’t going to reach around the world, buddy. I was 10.