Thirty-five years ago, this 21 year old knew, but also very much did not know, what was in store over the next ~100 hours...
Photo taken approx. 2145 local 23 FEB 1991, just before going to sleep literally the last time for the next 3+ days.
#DesertStorm #DesertShield #DesertSabre #USArmy #3dACR

With it or In It climbing up to #5 on Amazon's Best Sellers in Persian Gulf War history books!
#WithItOrInIt #memoir #USArmy #GulfWar #BraveRifles #BloodAndSteel #3dACR #DesertShield #DesertStorm #DesertSabre

If you're at all curious about how Desert Shield and Desert Storm went down for those of us staffing the equipment, especially tanks, check out my book. Struggling with the reality of it having been 35 years.
#DesertShield #DesertStorm #DesertSabre #3dACR #BraveRifles #BloodAndSteel

Thirty-four years and about an hour ago, I took these photos from my loader's hatch in the M1A1HA tank "Can't Touch Dis" as we crossed the berm into Iraq for Operation Desert Sabre.
#DesertShield #DesertStorm #DesertSabre #USArmy #BraveRifles #BloodAndSteel

Not the night of, but this is what I should have been doing 🤣 being awakened at too-dark:30 for a guard shift, listening to BBC radio and hearing their announcements about the start of Operation Desert Storm.
#DesertStorm #DesertShield #DesertSabre #BraveRifles #BloodAndSteel #M1A1 #USArmy