Any Marines who served in Operation Desert Storm?
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If you did.....Thank you.... Land of the FREE Home of the BRAVE
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I was on Camp Foster down the road from there Jan 2004-5.  Us Marines were jelous of the Air Force base.  They had better on base houseing.  (real houses, not the apartment towers) You didn't have to clear the table at the chow hall, you had a better PX or BX what ever the AF calls it.  Plus you had Chilis.  The only non-fast food American chain around.  Lucky.  It was nice.
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FYI: Colin Powell was Army!\n\nTry this website:\nhttp://www.geocities.com/nubiansong/montford.htm\n\nAnd read this:\nMajor General Walter E. Gaskin, commanding general, Marine Corps Recruiting Command, and Maj. Gen. Cornell Wilson, director of Reserve Affairs Division , Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, were the senior Marines in attendance. Gaskin, the keynote speaker of the evening, told an enthralled audience about the contributions of the first African American Marines, known as the Montford Point Marines. Because of them, the Marine Corps today benefits greatly from its ethnic diversity. Gaskin is the first African American to head the Corps’ recruiting efforts.\n\n“The Marine Corps came to be where it is today because of the dedication and contributions of those first African American Marines,” said Gaskin. “The Marine Corps is a team, and our strength stems from the diversity of each of our individual Marines.”\n\nThe above was found at this website:\nhttp://www.marines.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/main5/B68DEF56E35B0EAF8525714D007165FD?opendocument
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Thank you for serving in the Marines.\n\nI have not served.  I think boot camp would kill me.\n\nKerry definitely served in combat, and distiguished himself, despite what the ironically named "Swiftboat Veterans for Truth" might say.\n\nAl Gore was opposed to the Vietnam war, but he enlisted in the Army anyway and served as a field reporter.  He was honorably discharged in 1971.\n\nGeorge Bush was in the Texas Air National Guard, but never went overseas.  He also didn't show up for much of his time in the Guard.\n\nDick Cheney supported the Vietnam war and was of draftable age, but got a series of deferrments to avoid the draft.
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PERSIAN gulf--Every branch. Including Reserve forces Guard and also the Army and Air Force Auxiliaries: (although these were purely in a noncombatant stateside assistance role)
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I have, I'm proud to say.  I served in the US Marine Corps.  I served with the 3rd Marine division in southeast Asia, as an ambulance driver. I also served with the 1st and 2nd Marine Divisions, in Camp Pendelton and Camp Jejune respectively. Most of this duty was in the pre-Vietnam and early Vietnam era.
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I went through Marine Corps Boot Camp at MCRD San Diego back in 1995, Hotel Company, platoon 2113.\n\nBecoming a Marine, is a very personal experience.  They literally break you down from what you were.  They strip away all of your ill-concieved notions about everything, and then they mold you into the man or woman that the Marine Corps wants you to be.\n\nThe first month, the recruit goes through rigorous training, drilling and exercise.  Hell, the first few days, they get barely a few hours of sleep.\n\nThe second month is spent almost entirely in the field.  Learning to fire an M16 and other weapons.  Learning about combat and all of its aspects.\n\nThe third and final month, is the finishing touches.\n\nIt was the hardest and easiest thing I ever did.  I look back on those months, remembering how I hated it, and I smile, realizing it wasn't all that bad.
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Ask a Marine recruiter.  They'll pump you full of information.
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John Murtha \n\nremained in the Marine Corps Reserves. In 1959, then-Captain Murtha took command of the 34th Special Infantry Company, Marine Corps Reserves, in Johnstown. He remained in the Reserves after his discharge from active duty until he VOLUNTEERED for service in Vietnam in 1966-67, serving as a battalion staff officer (S-2 Intelligence Section), receiving the BRONZE STAR with Combat "V" for VALOR in combat, TWO PURPLE HEARTS and the CROSS OF GALLANTRY. He retired from the Reserves as a COLONEL in 1990, receiving the NAVY DISTINGUISHED MEDAL AWARD.\n\nO, and what's Bush's service record again, sweetcakes????\nNEVER MIND... we already know.
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Yeah, went into basic in 1993, went to Lowry AFB, Co, for tech school, then went to Keesler AFB, Ms.  It was a blast!  Just wish I had stayed in.
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Desert Storm/Desert Shield
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This might sound strange, but it depends upon how you define "died".  Take a look at the chart at the source.  It shows battle deaths, other deaths, and non-mortal woundings.  \n\nTo directly respond to your question, there have been 651,008 battle deaths through Desert Storm.  There have been another 2,465 in the latest Iraq conflict, 295 in Afghanistan and approximately 18 in Somalia for a grand total of 653,786...and unfortunately growing.
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Embedded Photographer: "I Saw Marines Kill Civilians"\n\nLaurent Van der Stockt, a photographer working for the Gamma agency and under contract for the New York Times Magazine, followed the advance of the 3/4 Marines (3rd battalion, 4th regiment) for three weeks, up to the taking of Baghdad on April 9. He was accompanied by New York Times Magazine editor, Peter Maas. Born in Belgium in 1964, Laurent Van der Stockt mainly works in conflict zones: the first Gulf War, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Africa and the Occupied Territories. This is his eyewitness account of the Marines' march to Baghdad:\n"Everything began at the Kuwait/Iraq border. I forced my way into the country and arrived at Safwan. American soldiers had seized the opportunity to tear up portraits of Saddam Hussein on the main street. They were doing this right in front of the local inhabitants, whose elation quickly vanished. The soldiers obviously didn't imagine that it was up to the Iraqis to be doing this, or that it was humiliating for them. These were the same soldiers who would topple down Saddam's statue in Baghdad three weeks later...\nI understood that the Marines' general strategy was to not waste any time. In the cities they crossed, the Marines had to make a show of force. Then they would resume their advance by going as fast as possible up by the east through the desert, and avoid any contact with the population. It takes an effort to picture what an army looks like as it advances through the sands. It's an anthill. It's more than a city on the march. It's a world whose extremities are never seen. It's a cutting edge, mechanical version of Julius Caesar's army.\nDuring the first few days, with colleagues from the New York Times and Newsweek, I tried to follow the convoys in a SUV by playing hide-and-seek. We were spending a lot of time then with the 1 500 Marines of the _, commanded by Colonel Bryan P. McCoy. His troops gave us water, gas and food. In exchange for their tolerance, we respected the rules to not pass the convoy and to camp at such and such a place. We were just barely tolerated. The colonel could see that the 'few jokers were behaving well'. He knew we had experienced more wars than his own troops.\nFor McCoy, we were obviously interesting right from the start. We were the ones who could tell his story. Trust settled in between us. He let us drive at the head of the convoy. The Marines are generally less privileged than the army. They're trained to do the dirty work, the less honorary jobs. They have the oldest tanks, and the least up-to-date M16 rifles. They themselves translate 'USMC' (United States Marine Corps) by United States Misgodded Children, i.e. the US' forgotten children, forgotten by God.\nTheir motto is 'Search and Kill'. The 'Kilo' unit is nicknamed 'Killer Kilo'. The words 'Carnivore' or 'Blind Killer' are painted on their tanks. McCoy could snap with a 'Shame on You'  a smile flashing across his face  to the sniper who had just finished telling him: 'I've got eight, Sir, but only five'. Literally meaning: I've shot eight, but only five of them are dead.
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Always faithful   ooo-rah!\n\n(sorry it just came out. once a marine always a marine)
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On Aug. 2, 1990, Iraqi military forces, on orders from President Saddam Hussein, invaded and occupied the small country of Kuwait. The Persian Gulf War of 1991--from January 16 to February 28--was fought to expel Iraq and restore Kuwaiti independence.\n\n     The attack on Kuwait by Iraq caused the United Nations Security Council to pass several resolution to close Iraq from International trade. The Security Council wanted President Saddam Hussein removed his troops from Kuwait and to distroy nonconventional weapons. Read about two of the most importaint ones: Resolution 660, first resolution after the attack, and 678, to use all necessary means to free Kuwait.\n\n War Summary\n     The Iraqi armed forces had extensive experience of warfare. They had just brought an eight year war with Iran to a successful conclusion. The Coalition troops, on the other hand, were largely inexperienced. Britain had found the Falklands War with marines and paratroopers; this war was fought with tanks and mechanized infantry instead. The Syrians had fought within the last decade in Lebanon, but the 9th Division had not been involved. The Egyptians had last fought a war in 1973, shortly after the US had wound down its involvement in Vietnam. Of the gulf states, only Omani Army had anything approaching extensive combat experience.\n\n\n     One reason that the Iraqis' experience did them little good was that it was the wrong kind of experience. They had plenty of experience in fighting a positional war of wearing down Iran forces. Instead of helping, this was a positive disadvantage when fighting a mobile campaign; they would have been better off starting fresh without a lot of bad habits.\n\n\n     Of Iraq's 545,000 troops in the Kuwait Theater of Operations, about 100,000 are believed to have lost their lives. Of IRaq's 44 army divisions, 42 were found to be combat ineffective.
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I was there in '95-'96 and took part in operation foal eagle.\nalso Suwon airbase.
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Hey kid, how's it going? I'd be glad to help you out.\n\n1. Operation Iraqi Freedom 2 (OIF2)\n2. Pres. George W. Bush\n3. Iraq (Mostly in and around Kirkuk)\n4. M-4 Carbine (rifle), M67 Anti-Personnel Fragmentation Grenade, and the M252 81mm Mortar System.\n5. Yes, we used Humvees. The actual designation for the vehicle is HMMWV which stands for High Mobility Multile Wheeled Vehicle.\n6. While serving in Iraq I held the rank of Corporal(E-4)\n7. I led a 5 man infantry mortar squad.\n8. The short answer is that we were asked to do a job so we did it to the best of our ability. The long answer: We helped alot of people out(Iraqis), and they let us know every day how much they appreciated us being there and how happy they were to be out  from underthe control and tyrany of a dictator like Hussein. I felt good about what we did in Iraq, and no amount of negative press will ever change that. I also feel that if we left Iraq now, before the job was finished, we would be letting the Iraqi people down and also saying that the men and women who given their lives, died in vain. I myself am not prepared to do that.\n\nHope all this helps. Good luck on the report and feel free to ask any others questions.