All Hands Magazine - Desert Storm Special Issue - 1991
ALL HANDS MAGAZINE OF THE U.S. NAVY
SPECIAL ISSUE - NUMBER 892
68th YEAR OF PUBLICATION
This magazine is dedicated to the men and women of the Navy and Marine Corps who served during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, to the millions of patriotic Americans across the nation who supported them and to those who remain on station today defending freedom.
Contents
- The Gulf war
Victory through versatility - Historic presence
Sailors at the "tip of the spear" - Desert Shield sealift
Bringing beans and bullets - Severing Saddam's lifeline
Interception controls the flow - The air war's hard rain
Desert Storm's nasty weather - Victory at sea
Seapower team plays a vital role - Mother of all surrenders
Marines lead the ground assault - Greater "gators"
Amphibs kept Saddam guessing - Flexible response
Operations a continent away - Combat damage control
Controlling chaos saves the ship - Weapons of war
Giving the coalition the edge - Seabee spirit
They "can do," and did - Combat logistics
The power behind the punch - The total force
Reserves hit the ground running - Navy medicine
The best prepared for the worst - Homefront support
Americans help win the war - Return to freedom
Desert Storm POWs return - Home at last
Warriors return to families - People:
Storm's thunder and lightning - Shield/Storm chronology
From invasion to liberation
Map courtesy of National Geographic Society
Front cover: Top: photo by PH1(AC) Scott M. Allen. Center: photo by PH2 Robert M. Clare. Lower: photo by Master Sgt. Bill Thompson, USAF.
Back cover: Photos by PH1(AC) Scott M. Allen
Inside Back: Photo by PH1 Bruce Morris
Navy Executives and Senior Staff Members
- Secretary of the Navy
H. Lawrence Garrett Ill - Chief of Naval Operations
ADM Frank B. Kelso II - Chief of Information
RADM Brent Baker - CO Navy Internal Relations Activity
CDR Connie L. Haney - X0 Navy Internal Relations Activity
LCDR Pamela A. Moulder - Director, Print Media Division
LTJG John M. Wallach - All Hands Special Issue Editor
JOCS Robert C. Rucker - All Hands Special Issue Asst. Editor
J02(SW) Joe Bartlett - All Hands Special Issue Photo Editor
PH1(AC) Scott M. Allen
All Hands Special Issue Staff
- LCDR Cynthia Leon
- CWO2 Carl L. Henderson
- J01 Andrew Wellman
- J01 Barbara Shupe
- SGT Christopher Lawson, USMC
- J02 Paul A. Mikec
- J02 Celeste Barrett Rubanick
- J02 Ronold Henning
- J03(DV) Robert Palomares
All Hands Magazine Staff
- Marie G. Johnston, Editor
- Jan Kemp Brandon
- J01 Lee Bosco
- J01 Chris Price
- J01 Sherri E. Bashore
- J02 Andrew I. Karalis
- Pat A. Swift
Production Associates
- Michael David Tuffli
- Leroy E. Jewell
- DM3 Keith Wilson
- William E. Beamon
Significant Contributors
- LCDR Rudolph W. Brewington
- J01 Melissa Wood Lefler
- J01(AW) J. D. Dimattio
- SK1 Jeff Bryan
- J01(SW) Joe Galowicz
This special issue of All Hands was compiled from reports by on-scene Navy and Marine Corps personnel, official briefings and DoD media pool reports.
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