First day in country
The Basra Road or known as the Highway of Death on CNN
Carlton and Leon enjoying a quiet drive through the desert of Kuwait...
Junkmen of the desert
This was a pretty common scene in the desert
Rockeye impact area, see the white plastic fins
Jolene came along on a beach clearance operation
Playing around with Billy Smith
Brian Sunderman experimenting with his new fisheye lens
Tim Cranton and I posing with an assortment of mines
My hobby while there, leatherworking, I sold many of these buckles
I sold many of these as well
An improvised ammo depot that was demilitarized
More demilitarized ammo depot
Our firing point on the demo range
Tim Cranton trying to look serious
ah, the fun of it all
What a mess!
Lane got a few of these old Russian military trucks found in the desert and we put them to use
Putting the final touches on one of many, many shots
Me posing
Ghurka demo techs prepping the charge
Boom
The result is immediate
Preparing to fly over the DMZ and Um Qasr with the UN
Um Qasr from the air
We worked 12+ hours days 6 days per week so some things had to be taken care of during the lunch break
The border between Kuwait and Iraq 1993, the berm on the left and the trench to the right or south
A border marker
Clearing the desert at the border
One of 10,000 bunkers our band of 10 EOD techs cleared in three years
This was a common scene that we cleaned up
When you work in 140+ degree heat dress like the locals
The desert rats, l to r Chuck Felps, Ike McKeithan, Brian Sunderman, and Leon Hudson
All manner of things dangerous, besides ordnance was found in the bunkers
BLU-97 in a house, well sort of a house
BLU-97 no longer in house
Berm jumping in a 4WD Chevy PU
4WD Chevy PU high centered on berm
Bill Walenius, the driver, and I dig 4WD Chevy PU out from being high centered on berm
Success! The first time we jumped a berm worked fine it was the second attempt that caused us some problems that involved shovels and sweat.
We found ordnance in the strangest places
Fashion accessory (don't try this at home)
Boom!
Group photo of the EHRT EOD techs and staff.
Our equipment staging area at the start of another day.
Sometimes traffic had to stop for camel crossings.
A farm family.
Expelling undesirables from Kuwait into Iraq.
Taking a break at a UN outpost at the end of a long week.
Inside a Iraq Navy school building near Um Qasr.
A Kuwait/Iraq border checkpoint. It is Iraqi owned. Kuwait checkpoints were at the south side of the DMZ.
Getting ready to take off and fly over the Um Qasr and border areas.
The Kuwait/Iraq border. The Kuwait government dug a trench the length of the Iraqi border and made a berm on the Iraq side of the trench with the spoil.
Support crew. Taken from a UN airplane.
Flying over farms near Um Qasr in a UN airplane.
A forest. Actually it was the tallest natural growth for 100 sq miles.
Our ordnance sweeping crew clearing an area at the Kuwait/Iraq border.
My cell phone keeps dropping calls!
Time for personal grooming during a lunch break.
Our excavation crew.
Curious onlookers.
The bedroom in the villa we stayed in for a few months.
These kids approached me with this RPG they found in their farm field.
Farm house
Death Highway
Another failed attempt at berm jumping.
A failed attempt at berm jumping. I wasn't driving!!
Inside our explosives storage bunker. Yes, we drove inside.
Jahra Road or the Death Highway shown on TV during the closing hours of Desert Storm.
The shower/toilet in our apartment.
My bedroom.
Setting up a det cord mainline with branches to dispose of BLU-63's.
BLU-97 partially buried. BIP it.
I almost jumped into this trench system on top of this cobra. Explosives weren't the only hazards we encountered.
Underground bunker being caved in after it was cleared of all hazards.
Reclamation project. Recycling 120mm rockets.
Watch the potholes!
It is a scarecrow, but what crops was it protecting?
Our protective ensemble. Not quite as good as what is available today.
The kitchen in our apartment.
A black crust coats the normally white desert sand. The crust is from the oil field fires.
Desert fashion
