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A US soldier of the 1st Cavalry Division prepares to enter an Iraqi bunker during the Battle of 73 Easting in the Gulf War (February 26, 1991)

 

[BravoZulu]

Czechoslovak paratroopers in Kuwait during operation Desert Storm from Czechoslovak anti-chemical battalion. Czechoslovak soldiers were deployed from December 11, 1990 to May 6 1991 and from the beginning, advanced in the invasion forces in cooperation with U.S., British, French and Saudi troops.

 

[BravoZulu]

4-carrier Task Force Zulu USS America, Roosevelt, Midway & Ranger, overall, underway in US-led allied gulf war mission in Persian Gulf. (Photo by Gary Rice/US Navy/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)

USS Roosevelt and USS America in the Persian Gulf the day of the Desert Storm cease fire Feb. 28, 1991

 

[BravoZulu]

Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division stand atop an M998 high-mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle as they watch a CH-47 Chinoock prepare to touch down during Operation Desert Shield

 

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A Mark 7 16-inch/50 caliber gun is fired aboard the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) as night shelling of Iraqi targets takes place along the northern Kuwaiti coast during Operation Desert Storm.

 

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SAUDI ARABIA - FEBRUARY 05: USS Missouri shells Kuwait off Khafji In Al Khafji, Saudi Arabia On February 05, 1991.

 

[Connaught Ranger]

I saw this going down

AVRE - Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers

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An AVRE of the Royal Engineers blows up during the first Gulf War 1991 (Operation Granby)

I...

Here is a thread with a bit of chat about it
https://www.militaryimages.net/threads/loss-of-centurion-avres-during-op-granby.3894/

Photos - Loss of Centurion AVRE's during Op Granby.

I am trying to find out the circumstances of the loss of three Centurion AVRE's during a two day period, in the build up to Granby. A question to the MOD under the freddom of information act has given some info but can anyone add to their reply and a transcript because the electronic version...

www.militaryimages.net

 

[BravoZulu]

M3 Bradley cavalry fighting vehicles of L Troop, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, stand in line at a holding area during Operation Desert Shield. April 1991.

 

[BravoZulu]

A Kuwait City resident hugs two US Marines after Allied troops liberated the capital of Kuwait. February 27, 1991

 

[uktabber]

Those chaps are wearing US helmets and UK uniforms mate, somebody borrowed something?

 

[BravoZulu]

Those chaps are wearing US helmets and UK uniforms mate, somebody borrowed something?

UK DPM NBC suits, these guys came under British control and supply and apparently loved the DPM and junked there gas masks for the S10 they could get from British supplies

 

[BravoZulu]

A sergeant with the 82nd Airborne Division in the Saudi desert during Operation Desert Shield 1990

 

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[BravoZulu]

22 SAS Forward recce patrol - Western Iraq 1991

 

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Gulf War. Saudi Arabia. 2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991. Soldiers of the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division stand atop a Humvee as they watch a CH-47 Chinook prepare to land during Operation Desert Shield.

 

[BravoZulu]

US Soldier atop an abandoned BRDM as Kuwaiti oil fields burn in the background

A US soldier atop a destroyed Iraqi T-55 as Kuwaiti oil fields burn in the background

 

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Gulf War. Saudi Arabia. 22 February 1991. God Bless the nurses. US Army nurse Amy Stuart of the 5th MASH grabs a quick nap with her teddy bear sent by her family during Operation Desert Storm. Photo by David Turnley.

 

[BravoZulu]

Gulf War. Saudi Arabia. 22 February 1991. God Bless the nurses. US Army nurse Amy Stuart of the 5th MASH grabs a quick nap with her teddy bear sent by her family during Operation Desert Storm. Photo by David Turnley.

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As a system shock, that young lady is now in her 50's

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As a system shock, that young lady is now in her 50's

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? The fact that I am in my 50’s is a bigger system shock to me?

 

[haze99]

30 years ago Operation Desert Storm began!