Posted on Jan 15, 2016
Operation Desert Storm: 25 Years Since the First Gulf War
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On January 16, 1991, President George H. W. Bush announced the start of what would be called Operation Desert Storm—a military operation to expel occupying Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which Iraq had invaded and annexed months earlier. For weeks, a U.S.-led coalition of two dozen nations had positioned more than 900,000 troops in the region, most stationed on the Saudi-Iraq border. A U.N.-declared deadline for withdrawal passed on January 15, with no action from Iraq, so coalition forces began a five-week bombardment of Iraqi command and control targets from air and sea.
Operation Desert Storm: 25 Years Since the First Gulf War
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I was involved the year before Desert Storm in the planning of what would eventually be known as Operation Desert Storm SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL.
That was the first real test of M2 Bradley AFV, M3 Bradley CFV and the M1 Abrams tank is combat. Despite the challenges of sand storms and vast distances of land with little landmarks where are GPS. The M1 and Bradley's did very well against the T-72 export MBT. Desert Storm was a defining moment for the combined arms team in modern armored warfare.
That was the first real test of M2 Bradley AFV, M3 Bradley CFV and the M1 Abrams tank is combat. Despite the challenges of sand storms and vast distances of land with little landmarks where are GPS. The M1 and Bradley's did very well against the T-72 export MBT. Desert Storm was a defining moment for the combined arms team in modern armored warfare.
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