Brown Kevin

The War Within the Storm Brown Kevin

"Gas! Gas, Gas" Yelled our Commander. We had seconds to awake from a dead sleep and put on our protective mask. This was something that we had practiced until it was second nature. But his time it was different for in the distance a low rumble that grew in volume as a group of coalition aircraft flew over our position. The announcement was brief, Our commander would say "War has been declared and the aircraft you now hear have just returned from the first bombing run on Baghdad". Aircraft would take-off and land continuously, day and night. They would leave fully armed and return empty. Patriot Missile Battery's would fire shaking the entire area. In 1990, the US-led coalition called 'Operation Desert Storm' declares war against a tyrannical regime. Saddam Hussein had invaded Kuwait and threatened the stability of the entire region. The United States would respond with force never before seen. Yet beneath the propaganda, behind the battle plans and the operations briefings, an invisible war zone exists in parallel to its natural counterpart. 'The War within the Storm' offers a Christian soldier's analysis of both battle fields and offers hope for those who feel trapped in life's storms.