#Gulf War

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Aftermath of the Gulf War in Al Ahmadi Kuwait (1991) photog. Steve McCurry

[captain-price-unofficially]

RAF Jaguars of the Gulf War at RAFO Thumrait (Guest Star: F-15E Strike Eagle)

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[nocternalrandomness]

RAF Victor K2 tanker aircraft during a stop at Jubail Naval Airport, Saudi Arabia

[thatsrightice]

F-14 FUN FACT OF THE DAY #58

The F-14A+, later designated the F-14B, was first introduced in March of 1990 to VF-143 Pukin’ Dogs. They would deploy later that year in August to the Red Sea due to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

The main difference between the F-14A and the F-14A+/B is the replacement of the TF-30 engines with F110 engines.

[gael-garcia]

Dear Elia, Thanks for the flowers. I finally got through to my family. My brother insisted that nothing serious happened. The scud hit the neighborhood, he joked, because it smelled the amba. As for my relatives in Baghdad, I have no idea. This war has only intensified my schizophrenia. As an Arab Jew, the dilemma of my identity has become almost dizzying. Most of my family was born and raised in Baghdad, and now lives in Israel, the U.S., England, and Iraq. When my grandmother arrived in Israel in the early 50s, she was convinced that the European Jews she encountered who looked, spoke, and ate so differently were actually European Christians. Jewishness for her generation was associated with Middle Easterness. My grandmother, who lives in Israel and still speaks only Arabic, had to be taught to speak of us as Jews, and them as Arabs. We Iraqi Jews have lived in Mesopotamia since the Babylonian exile, yet once in Israel, we were stripped of our history and forced to repress our nostalgia. We even came to question our own identity. For years, my sister dyed her hair blonde. My uncles and cousins have been arrested and beaten when they were mistaken for Palestinians. The dream of one people reunited in their ancient promised land has led us to abandon our affectionate memories of life before Israel. Yet, 40 years after we were forced to leave Baghdad, my family and I still long for its sights and sounds. My anxiety and pain during the scud attack on Israel does not cancel out my anguish for the victims of the bombing of Iraq. Yours, Ella.

Homage By Assassination (1992), dir. Elia Suleiman (watch)

[psykopaths]

Aftermath of Gulf War in AL Ahmadi, Kuwait (1991)

Steve McCurry

[mikeila-iriell]

Gossip gossip!!! It seems that this year we are going to have another call of duty based on the gulf war (90s) It would be a direct continuation of cold war.

As long as they bring Russell Adler to me again I'm more than happy.

That's all I ask for

[historicalfirearms]

Gulf War Homemade SA80 / L85A1 Front Grip

I went down a bit of a rabbit hole with this video. After spotting an L85A1 with an ad hoc front grip in some footage from the Gulf War I did some digging. There's a rich history of British soldiers fashioning home made foregrips so we take a look at a few of those too.

Check out the accompanying blog here

[writergeekrhw]

People talk about the LA riots as influential to the DS9 pilot, but i wonder also if the Gulf War was in the writers’ minds while developing the show. After all, the DS9 pilot is about a powerful government interfering in the politics of a faraway and unfamiliar nation, and seems concerned with the question of whether or not that interference is ethical. Given that the Gulf War was, shall we say, less than ideal, I could see Sisko’s compassionate leadership among the Bajorans as an attempt to articulate a kind of foreign policy that is ethical and that the US might hopefully practice someday. What are your thoughts? Do you feel like the Gulf War informed the way you tackled the political situation with Bajor, Cardassia, and the Federation over the course of the show? (For context, I was not alive during the Gulf War and I watched DS9 on Netflix, so I apologize if there’s anything about the early 90s that I’ve missed or misunderstood)

Good question!

The Gulf War was definitely an influence and for pretty much the reasons you laid out. The Yugoslav Wars were also going on through the run of the series, and the Lebanese Civil War had just (mostly) ended, and the messiness of those conflicts, with their shifting ethnic and sectarian alliances and clashes, influenced us as well.

Overall, I think these events influenced DS9 to be a bit muddier than other Star Trek shows. The elegant, hopeful, but perhaps overly simplistic, "See a problem, solve a problem, warp away" storytelling of much of TOS and TNG seemed a bit less "true" given the times. We tried to bring in less certainty, more shades of gray, while still telling stories about good people trying to make the universe a better place.

All media are products of their time.

[tyrianwanderings]

Chocolate Chip

[53v3nfrn5]

This Game Boy, owned by a US Army medic, survived a barracks bombing during the 1990-1991 Gulf War. Despite being partially melted it still functions and is now displayed at the Nintendo Store in New York with a plaque explaining its history.

[captain-price-unofficially]

French 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment during the Gulf War

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Hornets & a Herc flying over the burning oil fields of Kuwait (1991

@AcePilotAV via X

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🇺🇲Army of the United States🇺🇲: a military lookbook

PART III(FINAL)

1980s - Early 2000s: Woodland Camouflage BDUs. The Army continued to use the BDU pattern into the 1980s. It featured a distinctive woodland camouflage pattern.

Gulf War & Desert Storm(1990-91): The Desert Storm uniform featured a distinctive desert camouflage pattern that included various shades of tan, brown, and light green. This pattern was designed to blend in with the desert terrain, making it harder for the wearer to be spotted.

Early 2000s - Present: ACUs (Army Combat Uniform). Introduced in the early 2000s, ACUs replaced the BDUs. They featured a digital camouflage pattern and were available in both a temperate and arid version.

2010s - Present: Operational Camouflage Pattern (OCP). The OCP, also known as Scorpion W2, is the current standard uniform. It includes a pattern with subdued green, tan, and gray colors and is worn with the rank and name tapes on a Velcro patch.

Once again, credits to @viktorviolettaenterprises for his wonderful CC without which this lookbook wouldn't have been possible

[warruins]