Konya, Ronald, CPT

Quartermaster

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Service Details

Current Service Status
ARNG Active

Current/Last Rank
Captain

Current/Last Service Branch
Logistics Corps (Officer)

Current/Last Primary MOS
90A-Logistics - QM

Current/Last MOS Group
Quartermaster

Primary Unit
2011-2011, 90A, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Arabian Peninsula (CJSOTF-AP)

Previously Held MOS
25A-Signal Officer
25E-Information Systems Information Officer
90A-Logistics - TC

Service Years
1988 - Present

Other Languages

German

Spanish

Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Operation Enduring Freedom

Cold War Certificate

Official Badges

USAE Special Operations Command - Central

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations

Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA)


	1990, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), Huntsville Chapter (Huntsville, Alabama)
	1990, Association of United States Army (AUSA), Redstone-Huntsville (Member) (Huntsville, Alabama) - Chap. Page
	1990, Signal Corps Regimental Association - Assoc. Page
	1990, 101st Airborne Division Association, Ft. Campbell Chapter (Member) (Ft. Campbell, Kentucky) - Chap. Page
	1991, Scottish American Military Society - Assoc. Page
	1991, American Legion, Post 208 (Member) (Northport, Alabama) - Chap. Page
	1991, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 6022, South Tuscaloosa County Post (National President) (Cottondale, Alabama) - Chap. Page
	1994, National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS), Capital Guardians (Associate Member) (Washington, DC, District Of Columbia) - Chap. Page
	2006, Reserve Organization of America, Department of Alabama (Vice President ) (Alabama)
	2006, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) - Assoc. Page
	2008, Military Order of the Cootie - Assoc. Page
	2010, American Veterans (AMVETS) - Assoc. Page
	2011, American Cold War Veterans - Assoc. Page
	2011, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) - Assoc. Page
	2011, National Rifle Association (NRA)
	2011, Operation Injured Soldiers - Assoc. Page
	2011, American Gulf War Veterans Association
	2011, National Association of Uniformed Services (NAUS), Chapter 1 (Member) (Cullman, Alabama) - Chap. Page
	2011, Veterans of Modern Warfare
	2011, Wounded Warrior Project2 - Assoc. Page
	2011, Association of Quartermasters
	2011, National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA)
	2011, US Cavalry Association
	2011, Transportation Corps Regimental Association

Gulf War/Liberation and Defense of Kuwait/Operation Desert Storm
From Month/Year January / 1991	To Month/Year February / 1991
Description Just after midnight on January 17, 1991 in the U.S., Bush gave the order for U.S. troops to lead an international coalition in an attack on Saddam Hussein’s army. U.S. General Norman Schwarzkopf led “Operation Desert Storm,” which began with a massive bombing of Hussein’s armies in Iraq and Kuwait. The ensuing campaign, which is remembered in part for the United States’ use of superior military technology, introduced the term “smart bombs” to the global vernacular—precision-bombing devices aimed primarily at destroying infrastructure and minimizing civilian casualties. In response, Hussein launched SCUD missiles into Saudi Arabia and Israel. Iraq’s use of SCUDs, notoriously inaccurate weapons designed to terrorize civilian targets, nearly succeeded in inciting the Israelis to retaliate. Hussein hoped an Israeli military response would draw neighboring Arab nations into the fight on Iraq’s side, but he again committed a grave miscalculation. Bush reassured Israelis that the U.S. would protect them from Hussein’s terrifying SCUD attacks and Israel resisted the urge to retaliate. Soon after, U.S. –installed Patriot missiles destroyed SCUD missiles in flight and further foiled Hussein’s plan to goad Israel into a holy war. Following an intense bombing of Baghdad, U.S.-led coalition ground forces marched into Kuwait and across the Iraq border. Regular Iraqi troops surrendered in droves, leaving only Hussein’s hard-line Republican Guard to defend the capital, which they were unsuccessful in doing. After pushing Hussein’s forces out of Kuwait, Schwarzkopf called a ceasefire on February 28; he accepted the surrender of Iraqi generals on March 3.