Desert Storm Air Assault

April 18, 2018 00:30:35
Desert Storm Air Assault
The Spear
Desert Storm Air Assault

Apr 18 2018 | 00:30:35

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Show Notes

Col. Bill Ostlund is the director of the Department of Military Instruction at West Point. In 1990, as a lieutenant, he arrived at his first unit as an officer and almost immediately got the order to deploy to Saudi Arabia. Shortly after, he and his battalion air assaulted into Iraq as part of Operation Desert Storm. Listen to him recall his experiences and the lessons he learned from them.

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