Associate III / Business Systems AnalystsatBooz Allen Hamilton (Management Consulting Industry)
October 2007 – Present : Headquarters Department of the Army (HQDA) Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations (DCS G-3/5/7) LandWarnet and Battle Command Directorate (DAMO-LB) - I am a member of the Gibson Team's USAR IT Team, BAH Global IT Management supporting the Army as a primary technical and policy advisor to the Vice Chief of Staff (VCSA) & DCS G3/5/7 and the Director of LandWarNet and Battle Command on the Systems Analysis / Operations Research involving the science dealing with complex, large scale systems and the interactions within those systems (to include industrial processes, management, decision making processes, network environmental protection processes, etc) and associated objectives, policies and plans.
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.
