The Desert Storm Doc: Steven L. Oreck
Over thirty years ago, the U.S. Navy Fleet Hospital 15 deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Desert Storm, arriving just as the ground war began. Within days of their arrival, the modular 500 bed facility located near Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia was assembled and ready to provide
Wisconsin Rapids Mark E. Anderson Reflects on Iraq
Maj. Gen. Mark Anderson, Wisconsin’s deputy adjutant general for Army, addresses Soldiers during a welcome-home ceremony Jan. 25, 2018, for approximately 75 Wisconsin members of the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation returning to Madison, Wis., after a nine-month Middle East deployment. The unit provided UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter airlift assets and
Iraq by Way of Stoughton: A Marine’s story
Shawn C. Corcoran grew up in Stuttgart, Germany, the child of a United States military family. Corcoran returned to the United States to finish his high school education in Stoughton, Wisconsin. In 1990, following his graduation, he enlisted in the Marine Corps in Madison, Wisconsin. Initially posted to Camp Pendleton,