I was attached to the 13S&S Battalion, and we were deployed with 7th CORPS in Desert Shield/Storm. This last deployment I went with 7th STB and was attached to the 101st, chocking chickes....lol. I wear my 13th S&S patch cause it was my first, and also because its no longer an active patch. There ar...

I have a host of problems, Depression, Body Aches, Knee problems, Tinnitas (ringing in the ears). The post deployment health assesment, nonexistant back then, was a joke. I was never treated for my depression, and it was worse this last deployment to Iraq. My PTSD is back with a vengance. I cant sto...

I recieved a volly of shots before deployment to Saudi Arabia, plus we were ORDERED to take the little white pills that would supposedly "cure anthrax". We all had to sign the consent form and take the pills, two at the time and two later. The medic there told me that they were not approved by the F...

My unit was a "rear support company", but some idiot threw live rounds into the fire pit behind our birm. Dumb ass, our Commander came unglued.

When I joined the Army in 1987, I never imagined in my wildest dreams that I would ever get deployed. The Cold War was "warming" and there weren't any clear dangers in the world which threatened the U.S., or so I thought. When we were told we were going to Saudi Arabia a CW2 stood infront of our com...