Any Desert Shield/Desert Storm Vets here?

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Sat May 12, 2001 2:53 am

Just wondering...

Jesse23 · Post by **Jesse23** » Sat May 12, 2001 3:13 am

Shaggy was in the war for 3 days

. where in NJ are you located?

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Sat May 12, 2001 3:18 am

I'm in Browns Mills, right outside Ft. Dix. I'm stationed at McGuire AFB. Been on active duty since 89.

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Sat May 12, 2001 3:26 am

Hmm, I think that Cpt. Sullen is a Gulf War vet, I haven't seen him around much though. Or was it WhoNut, damnit, it was one if them 2.

TRILL · Post by **TRILL** » Sat May 12, 2001 4:20 am

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Sat May 12, 2001 4:28 am

small world aint it? I was over at Prince Sultan 1 1/2 years ago witha bunch from Offut but dam if I can't remember some of their names...what do you do? I'm in the FD

ms_pammy · Post by **ms_pammy** » Sat May 12, 2001 9:13 am

Originally posted by TRILLAZZ:
Sup uod2001.

I'm not a vet, I've only been in since 94. I'm stationed at Offutt AFB Nebraska.

Is Offutt located right outside of Omaha? I forget the name of the town though. I have a good friend that I have not seen inawhile stationed there.

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Sat May 12, 2001 9:16 am

Yes it is...if I remember...I'll lookup the Air Force locator number for ya and email it to you so you can call and search for him/her...

schlurp · Post by **schlurp** » Sat May 12, 2001 9:19 am

I'm a vet of desert storm. Was in the 3rd ACR out of Ft. Bliss Tx. Did Saudi/Iraq for 6 months. Drove a Bradley almost the whole 4 years i was in (gunner for just a bit).

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Sat May 12, 2001 9:23 am

schlurp...where were you based out of during the war? I was at King Fahd Intl Airport...the big secret base with the 101st and about another 50,000 AF personnel with over 1,000 aircraft, all attck fighters, tank killers, etc..also Patriot missle battery dets

ms_pammy · Post by **ms_pammy** » Sat May 12, 2001 9:29 am

Originally posted by uod2001:
Yes it is...if I remember...I'll lookup the Air Force locator number for ya and email it to you so you can call and search for him/her...

Ewww That would be so kewl...Thanks (:

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Sat May 12, 2001 9:55 am

Vietnam myself. If you do the math, that means I’m over 40 by a bit.

Doc

SGTMAJRET · Post by **SGTMAJRET** » Sat May 12, 2001 9:55 am

I was a tank company First Sergeant with the 3d Armored Division in Desert Storm/Shield.

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Sat May 12, 2001 10:07 am

Nice to meet ya Top!

BMED · Post by **BMED** » Sat May 12, 2001 9:16 pm

207th Evacuation Hospital, Nov.90-June91.

Not much to say about it, it was a decade ago. I do miss many of my fellow soldiers though. Oh well, that was then and this is now!

Damnit · Post by **Damnit** » Sat May 12, 2001 10:06 pm

I was at Ft Bragg for a several years but I was too young for the Gulf War thing.
It is a bad thing to say but I wish I had been there. Excitement and fear all rolled into one!

TRILL · Post by **TRILL** » Sun May 13, 2001 12:46 am

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Sun May 13, 2001 12:54 am

Hey Trillaz...Nice pool and gym there at Sultan aint it! I just hate the dam bus ride from FFHC to the flightline!

TRILL · Post by **TRILL** » Sun May 13, 2001 1:06 am

Damnit · Post by **Damnit** » Sun May 13, 2001 1:20 am

Hey Trillaz...Nice pool and gym there at Sultan aint it! I just hate the dam bus ride from FFHC to the flightline!

Damn you wingnuts have a hard life. How do you make it thought the day?

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Damnit · Post by **Damnit** » Sun May 13, 2001 1:21 am

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JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Sun May 13, 2001 8:50 am

It's a tough life...lol! But somebody has to do it! In all seriousness, I've been deployed every year since I've been in and thats 12 years, and all for no less than 4 months and the longest of course is 6. But I actually love going tdy...just don't like the whole scud missle thing...thank the lord for those Patriot missle batteries!

ms_pammy · Post by **ms_pammy** » Sun May 13, 2001 10:02 am

Originally posted by TRILLAZZ:

ms_pammy Offutt lies next to the city of Bellevue which is part of the greater Omaha area. Give me a name and I can have a email address and phone number to you on Monday.

Yep Bellevue thats it...I could not remember the name, but when I went down to visit almost 4 years ago he drove me around the base and we went and bought some alcohol at the commesary(sp), anyway I had never seen a base before and was really surpised, its like its own town.

Thanks so much for looking him up would love to email him. His name Is Joel Sutton,

SGTMAJRET · Post by **SGTMAJRET** » Sun May 13, 2001 11:48 am

SCUD
Soviet
Constructed
Useless
Device

BMED · Post by **BMED** » Sun May 13, 2001 1:21 pm

Originally posted by RoundEye:
BMED, have you been to any private doctors that may be able to help?

Actually I have, they are shy to diagnose after I tell them I was in the Gulf. They tell me I should go through the VA for treatment.

I had a lower back injury while in the gulf also, I went for treatment at a private hospital "Pain Center". They gave me trigger point injections into my spinal cord, the injections contained steroids. I went through a series of three injections over a period of fours weeks. About half way through the treatment my shin disorder cleared completely up, it was frickin gone!

I seen my Derm Dr. and explained to him what had happened after the injections. He stated that the steroids would work as treatment, but the side effects from long-term use could cause heart problems or many other disconforting symptoms.

This skin problem seems to come and go now, the only problem is now when it breaks out it gets worst than before. It is very painful because the skin will crack from dryness caused by the out-break.

I have lived with this for ten years now, kinda got use to it! It's more of a annoyance than anything else, would be nice to have a cure from the out-breaks though...

BMED · Post by **BMED** » Sun May 13, 2001 2:04 pm

Traffic Jam!

Not the Forth of July!

$3.00 a Gallon, No wonder!

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JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Sun May 13, 2001 4:19 pm

top pic; me on top of apc with oil well fires just outside Kuwait City
middle pic; me sitting on top of bunkered hill at Death Highway
bottom pic; We're having a blue light special on flamethrowers here at Death Highway!!!

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Sun May 13, 2001 4:39 pm

top pic: me infront of burning Kuwaiti oil fields
middle; tank on top of hill at Death Highway
bottom; Watch out where you step!!!!

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Sun May 13, 2001 4:48 pm

Yeah I got the same thing too...even now although it has gotten to be more of a recurrent annoyance but here is something for you. After going to death highway...I got very sick...my tongue was ulcerated, my resting heart rate was about 100bpm, and I had a fever of about 102 for about 3 days. Now this scared a lot of the flight docs so they shot me up full of whatever and the symptoms went away...but then I started to get this rash on the back of my leg...the same leg that I was resting my ass on at death highway on that hill that I'm pictured in...the one with the cinderblock wall. From what I've been told, I may have been overexposed to depleted uranium...they use them in shells and that place got screwed up so maybe some of the material was on the wall that I sat down on and that is how I got that rash....never goes away even with radioactive ointment!

BMED · Post by **BMED** » Mon May 14, 2001 12:24 am

Originally posted by uod2001:
schlurp...where were you based out of during the war? I was at King Fahd Intl Airport...the big secret base with the 101st and about another 50,000 AF personnel with over 1,000 aircraft, all attck fighters, tank killers, etc..also Patriot missle battery dets

uod2001, I was stationed at King Fahd Military Medical Center and Aziz International Airport Medical Center. I worked in the Biomedical Departments of both facilites.
I had the luxurious Khobar Towers for a home, in fact the building where I was living was destroyed by terrorist back in June 26, 1996.

I went through basic at Fort Dix, great times!

Did anyone go over to Bahrain for a good drunk? I spent a couple long weekends over there tying one on, Saudi's didn't like alcohol or women!

Serious question! Are there any Gulf war vets here with strange health problems?
Just curious! I have had a skin disorder since July of 1991, The VA seems to think that I contracted some sort of parasite while in Saudi, but they will not give a exact diagnosis because then they will have to allow me to claim a disability.

Patriot Scud Killer

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RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Mon May 14, 2001 12:51 am

BMED, have you been to any private doctors that may be able to help?

Some of my friends say I'm nuts, but I wish I could've got into the Army. I joined in my Jr. year in highschool through the delayed entry program. I took the ASVAB and scored really high. After that all the armed forces where calling my house. My mom thought I was in deep trouble because Sargent so&so and Major so&so kept calling asking for me (she thought it was the police)

Well I picked the Army, and was supposed to be stationed in Germany. But a bad motorbike accident put an end to all that. I was in the hospital, still in traction, when school started for my Sr. year. Since I never seen active duty and now was a liability, my "contract" was null and void.

I feel like I would be in a better position in life now if I had chance to get in. I spent too many years partying and playing around after high school. I think the military would've given me the swift kick in the ass, I needed, to get serious about life.