Gallery 1
SSG Steve Ruch (R.) and SPC Chris Hardman (L.) with destroyed Iraqi T-72 tank. West of Basra, Iraq. February 1991.
CPT Bo Friesen with captured Iraqi T-72 tank. West of Basra, Iraq. March 1991.
Specialist Christopher "Bart" Hardman (L.) and Sergeant Mike Harrison (R.) with command tank I-66. Saudi Arabia, November 1990.
Elements of I Troop advancing west of Basra, Iraq. February 1991. M1A1 tank on the left and mortar carrier on the right.
Officers of I Troop. Saudi Arabia, January 1991. (From L. to R.) 2LT Bill Martinez (Green 1), 2LT John Drake (White 1), CPT Bo Friesen (Black 6), 1LT Aaron McClain (Black 5).
Officers of I Troop, Saudi Arabia. October 1990. (From L. to R.) 1LT Jon Negin (Blue 1), 2LT John Drake (White 1), CPT Bo Friesen (Black 6), 2LT Bill Martinez (Green 1), 1LT Scott Landry (Red 1).
CPT Bo Friesen in command tank I-66 during the advance on Basra, Iraq. February 1991. GPS tracking device at lower left. Dark sky is the result of burning oil wells. Note the symbol on the left rear of my helmet, which was mirrorred on the front of my tank. It is the same symbol that appeared on the front of LTC Nat Serling's (Denzel Washington) tank in the movie "Courage Under Fire." It is the divisional insignia of my father's World War II GERMAN armor division. Throughout my 13+ years of military service, I never saw it on another vehicle anywhere.
SPC Christopher "Bart" Hardman, loader on I-66, during the advance on Basra, Iraq. February 1991.
1LT Jon Negin in the turret of I31, on maneuvers in Saudi Arabia. November, 1991.
Destroyed Iraqi M113 Armored Personnel Carrier, west of Basra, Iraq. February 1991.
Iraqi Republican Guard foxhole with RPG anti-tank rockets. West of Basra, Iraq. February 1991.
Destroyed Iraqi T-72 tank west of Basra, Iraq. February 1991.
Sergeant Charles Eubank (L.) and PFC James Tembrock (R.) at the Nighthawk command post. Saudi Arabia, November 1990.
Sergeant Charles Eubank (L.) and Captain Bo Friesen (R.) at the Nighthawk command post. Saudi Arabia, November 1990.
Thunder Squadron base camp. The smoke is from latrine fires. Bodily waste was eliminiated into 55 gallon drums cut in half and filled with gasoline. Every morning and evening, this brew was set ablaze to burn the waste and prevent the spread of disease. The smell, best savored over a weak cup of coffee and powdered eggs, was indescribable. Saudi Arabia, December 1990.
Sergeant Michael Harrison on I-66 during a road march in Saudi Arabia. December 1990.