Bacil Donovan Warren, Author and Veteran—Author of With It or in It: Desert Shield and Desert Storm from the Loader's Hatch
For the first roughly three days after the cease fire, I was still in combat mode (as were likely many, maybe all, of the other…
Stand-to on the morning of the 28th was a vastly different experience from the most recent previous stand-to, on the morning of he 24th. For…
At not much after midnight on the morning of the 27th, I have my first really vivid memory since crossing the berm on the 24th.…
With night having fallen on the 25th, we continued to push harder, to get more exhausted, and started making actual contact with enemy forces. Sometime…
In the preparation for writing my book, as well as revisiting reference materials while preparing these 30th anniversary posts, one thing was made stunningly clear:…
After awakening fifteen minutes prior (damn you, Army!) to stand-to, working with SGT Planter to pull the camo netting off the tank and get it…
Fifteen minutes prior to fifteen minutes prior. That’s the theme of 23 FEB 1991. If you’re a veteran, military brat or spouse, or have been…
Over the days from about the 16th to the 22nd, we continued with our mission to man our screen line, and also had several revisions…
I promised a few posts ago that I would discuss music, as it was one of the few remaining sanctuaries of normality and sanity in…
As with the previous couple of entries, I’m going to post another in this diary-style format, and at the end I will put up another…
