That's exactly how we were - I would go over to a neighbor's house and we would drink blue/pink/red thingies and could NOT tear ourselves away from CNN. Wolf just stood there in the vast wasteland with his mike. I think my brother was a 2nd Lieutenant then and we kept hoping for a glimpse.
Oh, that's right - I remember now and that is why we (my family) were in a chronic state of fear. The casualty estimates... We were a bit better for all his other assignments. He was bummed he didn't get to go to Iraq last year.
If he was a 2nd Lt in 1990 then that was 14 years ago. I believe I was in 16 years when I was promoted to LtCol, so he is nearly ready for that rank... I think you said in April? Congrats to him! Well done!