15 years ago today........

[Pearson]

The first gulf war started 15 years ago today...
:warstory:
Remember where you were?? What you were doing?

I was in Wainwright instructing recruits. We were spending the night on the range when it started. Had to pack up the troops and usher them back to the shacks so they could call their parents to reassure them that they would not be heading right to the gulf.

Share your memories.

 

[Kat Stevens]

Doing security patrols in the PMQ areas in Lahr, or scaring the crap out of kindergarteners by being fully bombed up on their buses. vehicle bomb checks at the main gate.  Good times, gooood times....

 

[Michael Dorosh]

I was at the Armouries, and when I got home my dad said "well, the balloon went up."

It was a tough war for me; the security check in at the armoury from the unarmed Commissionaire looking all aggressive with that big honking flashlight, the hassle of needing an ID card, the RSM parading us and saying "I'm tired of your moms phoning me and crying, get it into your heads nobody is f***Ing going anywhere!!!"

The lack of medals and respect despite the fact not a single Iraqi tank made it past Macleod Trail.  Oh, you're welcome Calgary, no thanks necessary, really...

It was an honour just to have served.

 

[Dissident]

13 years old, sitting in front of the TV naked, eating a giant cheezeburger, waiting for canada's turn to be invaded.

Yeah, back in the day when I thought wars were cool. I'm glad I grew out of that one.

 

[Pearson]

13 years old, sitting in front of the TV naked, eating a giant cheezeburger, waiting for canada's turn to be invaded.

:-X


Thanks for that visual..... :crybaby:

 

[D-n-A]

:-X


Thanks for that visual..... :crybaby:

haha

When the war started I was 5, so don't really remember what I was up too.

 

[condor888000]

I was all of 2 years old and turned 3 four days after it started. I think I was busy trying to drink the draincleaner cause it looked so tasty.....

 

[Nfld Sapper]

I was in Grade 8 and was watching it on CNN saying "Cool!"

 

[Michael Dorosh]

The first gulf war started 15 years ago today...
:warstory:
Remember where you were?? What you were doing?

I'm starting to be sorry you asked....yikes....all these whippersnappers...

Ask them what they thought of the original Star Wars when it came out, next....that'll really make ya feel old...

 

[Blakey]

Returned back to Baden on Dec 25th from the region, took a belated Christmas leave in Amsterdam/Canada.
I was at a friends place, sucking back a few pop's (of course), got a holler that " it started!" and thought to myself "why couldn't I be a VanDoo?!).
Little did I know at the time (being a young whipper snapper Pte.), that Canada and more or less, the VanDoo's that had replaced us, would be doing nothing more than "glorified" security guard work, just the same as we did on our tour.....

 

[Jaxson]

I was 5 And probably in kindergarten or at home, yep I'm young.  ;D

 

[armyvern]

I was a Pte doing a Duty Supply Tech in Halifax...got my posting message to Pet on this date in history...

 

[Dissident]

Thanks for that visual..... :crybaby:

Too young to remember the Denis Leary Monologue?

 

[SCTE]

I was about 4 and probably distracted by sesamy street and shiny stuff ;D

 

[Pearson]

Too young to remember the Denis Leary Monologue?

Too old....  ;D

 

[Danjanou]

Boy are there some yung uns on this site now :

I was still in and visiting my parents at the time war broke out. My father and I were watching the CDS (DeChastelain) on the tube making some noises about Canada providing ground troops initially 4CMBG and possible up to 10,000. I guess people actually thought the Iraqis intended to fight then.

The old man turned to me and said while if it’s 10,000 I guess your reserve unit (and every other militia type in the country) is going. I looked at him and said, me! if it’s 10,000 they’ll be calling you back into uniform. He left the service in 1951.

 

[3rd Horseman]

Yes it would appear age is a factor here,

    I was sitting at home in Lahr watching Skynews wondering when we would get Snowballed. Then the call came and off to the base on bug out, never before had I felt so comfortable speeding through the streets of Lahr and not worrying about being stopped 150km/h if I remember. I found myself about 40 mins later fully armed and loaded for bear commanding the Kasiern defence force. After a night of setting up defensive positions and doing recces for the defence of the commander 4CMBG and Comd CFEs house at 3 in the morning I found myself having a coffee watching TV in the MPs shack at the front gate. As I sipped my well deserved coffee wondering if we had done everything right when my comfortable feeling about the whole night was shattered by the sight of my main gate defence force demanding the Comd CFE get out of his car and show proper ID at gun point. Oh and the day had just begun.

 

[Michael Dorosh]

Yes it would appear age is a factor here,

    I was sitting at home in Lahr watching Skynews wondering when we would get Snowballed. Then the call came and off to the base on bug out, never before had I felt so comfortable speeding through the streets of Lahr and not worrying about being stopped 150km/h if I remember. I found myself about 40 mins later fully armed and loaded for bear commanding the Kasiern defence force. After a night of setting up defensive positions and doing recces for the defence of the commander 4CMBG and Comd CFEs house at 3 in the morning I found myself having a coffee watching TV in the MPs shack at the front gate. As I sipped my well deserved coffee wondering if we had done everything right when my comfortable feeling about the whole night was shattered by the sight of my main gate defence force demanding the Comd CFE get out of his car and show proper ID at gun point. Oh and the day had just begun.

Well don't stop there!

 

[TCBF]

"
Ask them what they thought of the original Star Wars when it came out, next....that'll really make ya feel old..."

-- You mean "Star Trek", right?  Hey I remember, in Grade 3, when our teacher came in crying because JFK had been shot.  That was after Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missiles, Francis Gary Powers...

But, I was a WO Tank Troop Leading  in A Sqn 8CH(PL) in Lahr, and got the call at my apartment in Grafenhausen, drove like mad (105 mph) on the A5 Autobahn to the airfield, then we deployed to .....

.....guard Westend School 24/7.

Considering that during the gun camp in Graf during Nov/Dec, we thought we were getting ready to go (it was a really good gun camp, TOPP HIGH battle runs, etc), and kept getting bumped off the washracks by M1 'heavy' Tank bns whose tank trains to Bremerhaven had a priority over ours to Lahr, we were a bit let down.  Professionally speaking.

Tom

 

[JBP]

I was 9, watching it on TV just AFTER I watched Star Trek, the next generation and thinking to myself...

God! And I'm not even doing anything? Heck, I haven't even joined up yet! I'm a useless civilian, SOMEONE GET ME A GUN!!!

I was pretty gung-ho as a kid, I wanted to be in the action just like the rest of you, except I was obviously far too young and naive!

I remember it though, and being amazing by Stealth technology also...