[fr_freak]

I was in the Army at the time period this guy is referring to. I’ll just say that either he was in a particularly hardcore unit (one of the last most likely) or he is idealizing his experience through the lens of nostalgia.

[captain_dave]

I was in the Army over in Germany then, in a Main Support Bn Light Maint Co. The author must have been in a different Army. Where I was excessive drinking was not celebrated, drug use would get you a dishonorable discharge, and damaging local property would get you an Article 15 with loss of rank, pay, etc. plus you'd pay for what you damaged. There were plenty of majors and colonels more interested in their next promotion than the welfare of their soldiers.

I don't think there was ever any doubt what the outcome of Desert Storm was going to be. To me it was obvious that we'd sweep in a broad flanking maneuver. The Iraqis probably knew that, too, but they were trapped in having to hold on to Kuwait. The political situation and the terrain defined the campaign. Iraq lost because their army was two generations behind the US Army. They fought as best they could but I think they knew they would lose.