Tonight it is September 7,2010 but I am thinking about September 1990.
Twenty years ago, soon after running a complicated parachute and rigger training mission, I received my initial mobilization call for Desert Shield. Within a few days, came my initial orders to prepare my Airborne Unit for deployment to Saudi Arabia.
My unit quickly packed and shipped all of our gear. We updated our finances, our shots and our wills. We prepared our families.
And we waited.
My unit waited for orders to get on the plane.
But the orders for my Airborne unit never came.
My orders for Saudi Arabia would come. But not yet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War#UN_resolution
About Me
- Airborne_One
- My writing talent is just average but I have a fun story to tell! Once in a Blue Moon is the often action packed and humorous book about life in Saudi Arabia during the 1990-91 Gulf War. My journey is full of military adventure, cultural misunderstandings and falling in love with a guy who is completely off limits.
