Any one who has served in the Persian Gulf
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  • Lest we forget

  • I was with Fleet Hospital 6 in Bahrain during Desert Shield/Storm...dont find many people on from then...or much info either. feel free to message me if anyone was there.
  • I,ve served two tours in the gulf in in 87 and 89
  • I did two Indian Ocean Deployments in two years on the USS Midway (CV-41) in 1980 then again in 1981. Seemed like the thing to do during the Iranian Hostage crisis. That and the Midway was forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan. We were part of the Original Gonzo Station. It was the Midway crew that named it that and it stuck.... "Midway Magic" at it's best
  • 9pm Sunday Sept 16, 1990 arrived lived in Camp 13 & worked at Lumber Lot at Port of Jubail. Airplane lifted off the ground 5:05pm Thur Mar 14,1991enroute to States
  • Aaaahhhhh nothing like a west pac to the Gulf to have memories of .
  • Welcome Sean!
  • USS Rathburne FF1057 1986 West Pac! Now she lies in the briney deep!
  • it will b 23 years ago in july, since we cut out for the gulf. Yikes!
  • Not much of a deployment with FH 20 during the final stages of the ground war but here it is.
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 I was there when one of the Helo Ships had a boiler explosion. It killed a few guysand they came outoard of us. I think it was the Iwo Jima. We feed their crew and or our crew at the same time.That was where I got my NAM. We hung out at a hotel that had a swimming pool on the top deck with a bar (of course). One our off time we made good use of the hotel. Had a bar down stairs.And wasclose to the Gold Suk.

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