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Range 301 – a summer night in 1988 and the Blackhorse

M1 tank night fire, May 1988
"On line" by Staff Sgt. Roger Price, pen and ink, 1990, U.S. Army Art Collection Range 301 – Combined arms range; largest in Western Europe In the above art piece, an M1 tank unit and a fire support team are shooting at Range 301 on the northwestern side of Grafenwoehr Training Area in southern Germany. …

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Life on the front lines in war

As anyone who has served in war can tell you, life is tough at the sharp end of the spear. Also, you spend a good deal of time dealing with friction. Getting simple things done can be a real pain in the ass. Take the most simple tasks, multiply them by four, and you get an idea.

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Podcast – Desert Shield II – Deploying the armored force

Desert Shield Battle Streamer
This is my second podcast taking a look back at Desert Shield, which began in August 1990. I share some of my memories as a veteran of the U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division, the legendary Big Red One.

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Rain of steel on the Blackhorse

Artillery is a god of modern war. Josef Stalin Here is a story about one of the U.S. Army’s finest units that endured a day so hard, many survivors won’t talk about it even today. On July 11th, 1991 in Kuwait, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (Blackhorse) suffered the single worst non-combat accident in U.S. …

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Desert Sabre, our war – it wasn’t like you saw on TV

I served in the 1991 Gulf War with another of VII Corps' powerful armored units, the US Army's 1st Infantry Division, the fabled Big Red One. As a cavalry scout in an armor battalion, I lived the war through what I think of as a worm's eye lens.

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