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re: Any Gulf War vets on here willing to share their story?
Posted on 10/16/16 at 5:24 pm to rmnldr
Posted on 10/16/16 at 5:24 pm to rmnldr
Son was there twice. Unanticipated loud noise startles him. Seen things he won't visit about, nothing scurrilous. Is in the region, now, civilian with military function. Spoke with him yesterday. Wife and daughter are Stateside
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Posted on 10/16/16 at 5:26 pm to rmnldr
Watch JarHead. The movie shows you exactly what it was like.
Posted on 10/16/16 at 5:45 pm to ctiger69
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Watch JarHead. The movie shows you exactly what it was like.
Watched jarhead in the theater and during the scene when they play football some gulf war vet stood up and start yelling about how that's not what it was like and he stormed out. Wonder if he ever finished it.
Posted on 10/16/16 at 6:11 pm to rmnldr
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And that's what "Gulf War Syndrome" was, right?
As far as I know they still keep saying that "Gulf War Syndrome" is made up. The whole 'we accidentally gassed our troops thing' although public knowledge isn't common knowledge.
Within a year and a half one of my barracks roommates was dead with stomach cancer and the other was confined to a wheelchair with "MS". Not sure if it's related but sure is coincidental.
Here's another story. One of my buddies from training (I was in 'cohort' unit. we did all our training together and were assigned to the same base) was called "hero" by the drill sgts. He was a quiet slightly built guy from Rhode Island. He was just super nice but kind of meek and introspective. The Drill Sgt's gave him a hard time.
We were all at Bragg and all deployed. When we got back I ran into one of our guys from basic. He was in 'hero's' unit and told me about "hero". Apparently he and his squad got pinned down or something. He didn't take very well to that. He ends up sneaking over and killing a couple of guys that had them pinned down. He got a silver star for his efforts. He really was a "hero".
I looked him up on facebook about 2 months ago and I don't think I've ever seen a sadder looking person in my life. It looks like the weight of that has been pretty heavy on him. I feel for him.
Posted on 10/16/16 at 6:22 pm to PsychTiger
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I've heard traumatic stories for every US conflict WWII and since. You really don't want to know.
Traumatic or not, all stories are welcome.
Posted on 10/16/16 at 6:24 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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gold bullion
You mean like those little cubes you put in water?
Posted on 10/16/16 at 6:35 pm to PsychTiger
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I've heard traumatic stories for every US conflict WWII and since. You really don't want to know.
Dude..... write a book please.
As what I assume as a VA psychiatric worker you probably have been told a treasure trove of engagement stories.
Posted on 10/16/16 at 6:50 pm to Orphan
I joined in 92 so just missed that one. 3/82 was my first assignment, Ft Hood.
Posted on 10/16/16 at 7:20 pm to rmnldr
I've heard a few stories from my brother. Nothing big to report really:
-They were stuck with some WWII trucks that kept breaking down. They would steal parts from other units to keep it going.
-Anytime something was repairable they would just bury it out in the desert.
-They would destroy the weapons they got off of the people that surrendered. The piles were huge and a ridiculous amount of det cord had to be used. They would have to back off a half mile or more to detonate.
-A-10's are a fricking beast
-A stealth bomber going over your head is something he will never forget. Didn't hear it till it had past.
-The chemical detectors kept going off but they were constantly told it was false alarms. Complete lies.
-He was the pig of the squad and also had to drive a bulldozer. He hated that because all of the shepherds had AK's and whipping out the M-60 quickly wasn't always an option on the road. All he had was a 9mm till he could get set up.
-On patrol they heard noises coming up on them in the dark. The only shots he fired in the war blew off the legs of a camel.
He just went to the reunion to celebrate his unit coming back. Apparently a lot of them are receiving benefits due to what they were exposed to. It takes about a year for the whole process, but my brother is looking at about $1800 a month for the rest of his life. Could be less but if any of you are vets and do not know about this I can put you in touch.
-They were stuck with some WWII trucks that kept breaking down. They would steal parts from other units to keep it going.
-Anytime something was repairable they would just bury it out in the desert.
-They would destroy the weapons they got off of the people that surrendered. The piles were huge and a ridiculous amount of det cord had to be used. They would have to back off a half mile or more to detonate.
-A-10's are a fricking beast
-A stealth bomber going over your head is something he will never forget. Didn't hear it till it had past.
-The chemical detectors kept going off but they were constantly told it was false alarms. Complete lies.
-He was the pig of the squad and also had to drive a bulldozer. He hated that because all of the shepherds had AK's and whipping out the M-60 quickly wasn't always an option on the road. All he had was a 9mm till he could get set up.
-On patrol they heard noises coming up on them in the dark. The only shots he fired in the war blew off the legs of a camel.
He just went to the reunion to celebrate his unit coming back. Apparently a lot of them are receiving benefits due to what they were exposed to. It takes about a year for the whole process, but my brother is looking at about $1800 a month for the rest of his life. Could be less but if any of you are vets and do not know about this I can put you in touch.
This post was edited on 10/16/16 at 7:24 pm
Posted on 10/16/16 at 7:32 pm to rmnldr
i was there from 8/90 to 4/91 with
1st Anglico (Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company) USMC
i was a Field Radio operator, MOS 2531 on a 4 man forward fire control team mostly calling in close air support with A-10's, man i love that damn plane so much fricking fire power just a thing of beauty!
we also had A-6's, Harriers and Cobras to use but 50% of the time we did business A-10's
i guess if i had to share a story it would be battle of Khafji in late Jan 91
we were with Saudi-Qatari troops on the border of the city but we were overrun quickly with tanks and artillery, i can tell you trying to fail back and doing CAS at night is no fricking good, GPS systems back then sucked, you needed to enter a shite ton of way points and the maps we had were a joke. The best thing we had was a laser, yes "laser" called the MULE (Modular Universal Laser Equipment)
it weight about 150#
so we had to pick it up and run with it the damn thing, set it up again and las targets
long story short we did this for 2 days and totally wreaked shite i think it was over 100 armored vehicles
destroyed
hell i can still remember call one planes call sign "Bravo 2 Zero"
seems like yesterday
BRRRRRRRTTT?
1st Anglico (Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company) USMC
i was a Field Radio operator, MOS 2531 on a 4 man forward fire control team mostly calling in close air support with A-10's, man i love that damn plane so much fricking fire power just a thing of beauty!
we also had A-6's, Harriers and Cobras to use but 50% of the time we did business A-10's
i guess if i had to share a story it would be battle of Khafji in late Jan 91
we were with Saudi-Qatari troops on the border of the city but we were overrun quickly with tanks and artillery, i can tell you trying to fail back and doing CAS at night is no fricking good, GPS systems back then sucked, you needed to enter a shite ton of way points and the maps we had were a joke. The best thing we had was a laser, yes "laser" called the MULE (Modular Universal Laser Equipment)
it weight about 150#
so we had to pick it up and run with it the damn thing, set it up again and las targets
long story short we did this for 2 days and totally wreaked shite i think it was over 100 armored vehicles
destroyed
hell i can still remember call one planes call sign "Bravo 2 Zero"
seems like yesterday
BRRRRRRRTTT?
Posted on 10/16/16 at 7:36 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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by GeauxxxldTigers23
Posted on 10/16/16 at 7:38 pm to CaptN
Operation desert shield was before operation desert storm
This post was edited on 10/16/16 at 7:39 pm
Posted on 10/16/16 at 7:50 pm to jmarto1
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I can put you in touch.
no8easy2td@gmail.com
Posted on 10/16/16 at 7:53 pm to CaptN
Thanks to all the vets and sharing your stories
Any stories about Saddam's palaces? Old neighbor said the palace he went in was pretty amazing but didn't go into much detail.
Any stories about Saddam's palaces? Old neighbor said the palace he went in was pretty amazing but didn't go into much detail.
Posted on 10/16/16 at 7:56 pm to Palmetto08
There are a few older threads you may want to search for.
Posted on 10/16/16 at 8:02 pm to rmnldr
My late brother was actually stationed in Vietnam and refused to talk about it.
He was in band and military police and received a special metal. I figure he killed someone and didn't want to think about.
Or maybe he lost his virginity to some Vietnamese horizontal kitty and it sucked
He was in band and military police and received a special metal. I figure he killed someone and didn't want to think about.
Or maybe he lost his virginity to some Vietnamese horizontal kitty and it sucked
Posted on 10/16/16 at 8:07 pm to rmnldr
Posted on 10/16/16 at 8:17 pm to HeadyMurphey
When the Gulf War started I was watching the news with my dad. Gen Schwarzkopf was having a press conference and my dad said I went to school at West Point with the Gen. He should be a great Gen. I said why is that. Dad said he was real prick in college. 
Posted on 10/16/16 at 9:01 pm to jmarto1
Funny that you say that. I've had really odd health problems. I never put 2 and 2 together.
I google one of my health issues and Lo and behold it's really common among Gulf War veterans that were exposed to the chemical agents at Kamasiyah.
Interesting
I google one of my health issues and Lo and behold it's really common among Gulf War veterans that were exposed to the chemical agents at Kamasiyah.
Interesting
Posted on 10/16/16 at 9:09 pm to eitek1
Graduated Basic training in 1995 as a Tanker. My Drill Sergeant, last name Koch, was one of the leading gunners in Desert Storm. I believe he was mentioned in Tom Clancy's book "Armored Cav."
Besides the AF, "Tank Plinking," the Army's 2nd ACR, 3rd ACR, and 11 ACR destroyed a lot of tanks during that time.
Besides the AF, "Tank Plinking," the Army's 2nd ACR, 3rd ACR, and 11 ACR destroyed a lot of tanks during that time.
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