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Title: How old were you during the 1991 Gulf war?
Post by: Ripsnort on March 18, 2003, 09:11:46 AM: ?
Title: How old were you during the 1991 Gulf war?
Post by: Mr.H on March 18, 2003, 09:22:52 AM: 17/18 and i remember it well. *sigh* those were the days, Kuwait was invaded and the whole world agreed it was a 'good thing' to go in. Felt a lot better about it then, and man those explosions were cool looking if nothing else... best bit was watching the carbon filaments mess up the electricity supplies, clever.

:D
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Post by: Wanker on March 18, 2003, 09:25:00 AM: I was 25, and was heading home from work when I heard on the radio that the bombs were falling. My roommate and I sat there and watched CNN for about three days straight!
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Post by: SLO on March 18, 2003, 09:28:08 AM: lol banana.....I was 23 and fixed to my T.V. too:D

didn't want to miss anything.....
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Post by: Eagler on March 18, 2003, 09:28:58 AM: young man of 32
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Post by: midnight Target on March 18, 2003, 09:29:17 AM: In my 30's :)
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Post by: Sikboy on March 18, 2003, 09:31:05 AM: Quote
Originally posted by midnight Target
In my 30's :)

He said Gulf war, not Korean war :p

-Sik

PS: Turned 18 during the ground effort.
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Post by: midnight Target on March 18, 2003, 09:46:29 AM: I thought you still were 18?
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Post by: Apache on March 18, 2003, 09:57:29 AM: 32
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Post by: Urchin on March 18, 2003, 09:58:09 AM: I was in middle school during the first Gulf War. Don't remember how old I was, I guess I could start counting. I was in 7th or 8th grade, so figure 13-14.
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Post by: Dead Man Flying on March 18, 2003, 09:58:55 AM: Seventeen.

-- Todd/Leviathn
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Post by: aztec on March 18, 2003, 10:06:42 AM: Your weird rip.
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Post by: narsus on March 18, 2003, 10:11:05 AM: 17
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Post by: Ripsnort on March 18, 2003, 10:15:12 AM: Quote
Originally posted by aztec
Your weird rip.

Just curious as to age of those who have an opinion now, compared to how old they were when we were faced with this problem then.
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Post by: hawk220 on March 18, 2003, 10:26:35 AM: I was a young and studly 25

now im...well...well im still alive.
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Post by: Reschke on March 18, 2003, 10:31:20 AM: I had just turned 19 when Saddam sent in the clowns into Kuwait. Then I helped my Dad's unit deploy to the Gulf by loading ammunition and filling diesel bladders. Then going and picking up trucks and Hummers and taking them from Montgomery, AL to Selma, AL and loading them on flat beds for transportation to Jacksonville, FL to load on the transport ships.
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Post by: Pongo on March 18, 2003, 10:32:07 AM: I was on my termination leave from the infantry when Iraq invaded Kuwait.
25
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Post by: air_guard on March 18, 2003, 10:32:21 AM: 26 :) hmm where did some of those years go ?

I do remember that after i finished watching twin peaks, i accidently turned to cnn and got it all over me :)
(that was after midnight norwegian time)
First war on tv directly from CNN lol that was somthing.
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Post by: Vermillion on March 18, 2003, 10:34:31 AM: 22

My Air National Guard unit was called up to action, but I had found out that I was diabetic and had to get a medical discharge :( I felt like total toejam watching the guys I had know for almost 5 years heading off to war, while I got transferred to our base supply section waiting for the paperwork to be completed.
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Post by: Raubvogel on March 18, 2003, 10:35:27 AM: 18.....had my 19th birthday somewhere just south of the Iraqi border in a GP medium tent :)
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Post by: lord dolf vader on March 18, 2003, 10:35:42 AM: 23
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Post by: Naso on March 18, 2003, 10:51:22 AM: 26
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Post by: Replicant on March 18, 2003, 11:01:08 AM: 17/18
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Post by: Hawklore on March 18, 2003, 11:03:09 AM: 3 years old :D
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Post by: Ozark on March 18, 2003, 11:09:51 AM: 32
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Post by: Saurdaukar on March 18, 2003, 11:30:09 AM: 15
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Post by: Curval on March 18, 2003, 11:37:10 AM: 26.
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Post by: JB73 on March 18, 2003, 11:40:34 AM: senior in HS 18yrs old....

funny thing about that time. ma and a group of friends were thinking about being over there (which in 3 months after school as out we could have been).

the thing that pissed us off was rather stoopid and simple but it was the fact that even if we had joined the military to defend our country we could not have legally had a drink :(

this is what we ranted about most of the time... there was never a doubt that the UN forces would not win. seeing those bombs on CNN taking out buildings was way cool to us.

we were the smartest 18 year olds onthe planet cause we all watched CNN instead of prime time TV. we knew all there was to know about the war. everyone asked us if they had a question about where something was or what was going on.

oh well my stoopid story about the gufl war and me and my friends thoughts @ the time.
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Post by: jonnyb on March 18, 2003, 11:49:31 AM: Well, I'll jump in...I was 19 and a Lance Corporal in the USMC.
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Post by: Mini D on March 18, 2003, 12:12:35 PM: I had already re-enlisted.

MiniD
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Post by: Monk on March 18, 2003, 12:13:21 PM: Turned 27 in the Sands of Iraq.
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Post by: pugg666 on March 18, 2003, 12:31:22 PM: I'm starting to feel young!( well at least I have a few years on Hawklore :D )

I was 16/17 at the time, working at the corner store delivering groceries and beer, watching all of it with the store owner (Lebanesse ) who thought what we where doing was very good thing.
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Post by: davidpt40 on March 18, 2003, 01:40:51 PM: Hows this for young- Second Grade. I remember writing a soldier in the U.S. army and him writing back. Got to read my letter to the class.
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Post by: CMC Airboss on March 18, 2003, 01:49:19 PM: 25 in '91 and on top of the world.

MiG
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Post by: Thorns on March 18, 2003, 01:49:29 PM: 39 years young.........was waiting for my house to be rebuilt, remember watching the Gulf War on my brand new TV, in a rented townhouse, as an Illinois tornado had waged war on my subdivision. We lost, Mother Nature is wicked. :rolleyes:

Thorns
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Post by: qts on March 18, 2003, 01:51:41 PM: I was 24
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Post by: -Concho- on March 18, 2003, 01:55:43 PM: 18 and freshly enlisted in the USMC
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Post by: Heater on March 18, 2003, 02:08:27 PM: 36, total time in the Gulf was 6 months
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Post by: Glasses on March 18, 2003, 02:20:27 PM: I was 9 :D
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Post by: bigUC on March 18, 2003, 03:05:03 PM: 22 and spent three lovely months there... Most fun was the beer tent i Baharain - worst was the goat head i was offered at the BBQ in Kuwait city after liberation (BTW you americans served your lousy burgers again :D )
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Post by: Charon on March 18, 2003, 03:20:58 PM: I was 26 and serving my last year in the USAR. Actually got to march in the Chicago parade.

Charon
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Post by: Pooh21 on March 18, 2003, 03:21:42 PM: 13
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Post by: Dowding on March 18, 2003, 03:48:27 PM: 64 years old.
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Post by: Duedel on March 18, 2003, 03:59:02 PM: 22 - what a great age
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Post by: Krotki on March 18, 2003, 04:14:00 PM: 43, waiting to go for another one. Part of brigade there, rest waiting our turn for call up by Prez. This will be first ground action missed since 1968. Hope you young bucks "do it to it"

Krotki, 308 RAF (Polish Squadron) "City of Cracow"
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Post by: weazel on March 18, 2003, 04:22:41 PM: 30
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Post by: SunKing on March 18, 2003, 04:42:16 PM: 19 years old.. Right out of highschool. THe day I got my wisdom teeth pulled the bombs dropped.
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Post by: CAV on March 18, 2003, 04:47:40 PM: I was 32.... and a Scout Plt. Sgt. over there.

CAV
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Post by: AWMac on March 19, 2003, 08:32:50 AM: 33 SFC stationed in Korea.
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Post by: Harppa on March 19, 2003, 08:54:32 AM: 26
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Post by: AKIron on March 19, 2003, 09:15:01 AM: 36, and in that damn hot desert, uh, not THAT desert, Nellis in Nevada.
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Post by: Puke on March 19, 2003, 10:22:18 PM: 24
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Post by: Mark Luper on March 19, 2003, 10:26:48 PM: 45, tried to re-enlist, failed the physical. (My hearing would you beleive!)
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Post by: Airscrew on March 19, 2003, 10:45:09 PM: 31, and waiting with b-bag packed. For weeks before our hospital commander kept giving us briefings that our UTC was tasked to go either to Saudi or Yemen it was just a matter of time, his words "we are on the invite list and just waiting for our airplane tickets". They tasked almost the entire group at Mountain Home except for the hospital, they took a couple of surgeons, some med techs, some admin guys and most of the Bio Enviormental guys. The rest of us stayed behind taking up the slack on base and watched everything on TV.
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Post by: mauser on March 20, 2003, 12:46:37 AM: 16/17

It was after school was out, my high school rifle team was having a match against another school at our range. I was one of the last ones on the firing line when someone turned their car radio up real loud so everyone could hear about it.

mauser
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Post by: Nash on March 20, 2003, 12:54:14 AM: 23
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Post by: SaburoS on March 20, 2003, 01:44:08 AM: 29
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Post by: beet1e on March 20, 2003, 02:45:33 AM: Even in 1991, I was still younger than Lazs and Mr. Toad. :D I'm the same age as AKIron.
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Post by: mjolnir on March 20, 2003, 04:33:44 AM: 5th grade.......I was 10. Today I'm watching everyone at my base get ready to go in case Turkey decides they might want some of our planes overhead after all.
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Post by: RRAM on March 20, 2003, 04:38:19 AM: I was 13
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Post by: gunnss on March 20, 2003, 06:18:24 AM: 35

Stationed in Pirmasens Germany, got deployed left wife and newborn daughter in Germany. BTW this time if you send a "Care" package...... Don't pack the Soap next to the M&Ms.......
Gunns