Of course, all veterans should get their hug today, but I have to focus on mine!

Dan was stationed for approximatly 14 months at King Khalid Air Force Base in Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf War. He got to work on the über cool F117A Stealth Nighthawk, a black ops project, which was partially declassified shortly prior to the war. Some of you may remember this post, showing Dan driving the jammer under the stealth to load a bomb. He was a weapons tech and also spent time painting the inside of the bomb bay doors. All told he spent six years with the United States Air Force.

Lest we not forget the other service men and women of the Gulf War (or any war, for that matter):

Gulf War (1990-1991)
Total Servicemen/women: 2,322,332
Battle Deaths: 147
Other Deaths (in theater): 235
Other Deaths in service (non-theater): 1,590
Non-Mortal Woundings: 467
Living Veterans: 2,015,235

(Note: in theatre here refers to the battle area, but not in battle, i.e., someone died in a car accident, or had a heartattack while in the persian gulf area. Non-theater here refers to someone who died during war time, but not in the battle area, like Korea or elsewhere.)