[tdeane]

(I posted this one time before on the History Channel web site, like a many other of my DS experiences, and thought I would repost it here to share with my new Brothers, since I now will call this home...I will do this with some others later).
Posted on HC 24 Jan 03

I was thinking back to the start of the air campaign during Desert Storm. I was lucky enough to be on guard detail that night at the Al Jubail Trailer Park Complex.
I think I was more interested in the Complex than anything. Our area was in the rear (before we moved to Khobar Towers). The living compartments, trailers, were out by the motor pool area and the guard tower was to the rear of the trailers.
This complex/compound was a gated complex that had a subdivision included. Still, to this day, I do not understand the importance of the Saudi's who lived in this place.
There was a separation wall/retainer between the trailers and the greater area which were homes, a tennis court, a repair garage, a clubhouse, a small camera place, a store, a library, kfc and hardee's.
Once you made it through the heart of the complex you moved forward to another garage area, a mess hall (where CNN was always on), and our ambulance parking grounds and three office/warehouses (taken over by upper Command - I think it was 22nd SUPCOM). It was a neat system of arrangement.
On the outside of the Wall (the road was 50-100yards away from the motor pool). To the south, desert and a highway (distanced) and to the east, open land that from time to time the Phillipino's would throw tents out and camp (I guess to feel safe).
ANYWAY, when the air campaign started I was on watch and started seeing all the action of the planes taking off and then watching as the afterburner's kicked on and then they vanished into the night horizon. And, then, the Phillipino's would be yelling, "We love you USA". Fun to remember that night.