King, James, Col

 
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Current Service Status
USMC Retired
Current/Last Rank
Colonel
Current/Last Primary MOS
8042-Colonel, Naval Aviator/Naval Flight Officer
Previously Held MOS
7598-Basic Fixed-Wing Pilot
9648-Management, Data Systems Officer
7557-Pilot KC-130 Aircraft Commander
Primary Unit
2009-2010, 8042, Naval Discharge Review Board/Physical Evaluation Board, Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC)
Service Years
1979 - 2010
Official/Unofficial USMC Certificates
Order of the Penguin
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Enduring Freedom
Iwo Jima Certificate
Marine Combat Water Survival Qualified (WSQ)
Officer Collar Insignia
Colonel

 Official Badges 

Defense Information Service Agency (DISA) US Marines Corps Honorable Discharge US Air Force Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Weapons and Tactics Instructor Cold War


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Post 176
  2007, American Legion, Post 176 (Member) (Springfield, Virginia)


 Additional Information
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Gulf War/Liberation and Defense of Kuwait/Operation Desert Storm
From Month/Year
January / 1991
To Month/Year
February / 1991

Description
On January 16, 1991, President George H. W. Bush announced the start of what would be called Operation Desert Storm—a military operation to expel occupying Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which Iraq had invaded and annexed months earlier. For weeks, a U.S.-led coalition of two dozen nations had positioned more than 900,000 troops in the region, most stationed on the Saudi-Iraq border. A U.N.-declared deadline for withdrawal passed on January 15, with no action from Iraq, so coalition forces began a five-week bombardment of Iraqi command and control targets from air and sea. Despite widespread fears that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein might order the use of chemical weapons, a ground invasion followed in February. Coalition forces swiftly drove Iraq from Kuwait, advancing into Iraq, and reaching a cease-fire within 100 hours—controversially leaving Saddam Hussein in power. While coalition casualties were in the hundreds, Iraqi losses numbered in the tens of thousands.
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
January / 1991
To Month/Year
February / 1991
 
Last Updated:
Mar 12, 2023
   
Personal Memories
   
Units Participated in Operation

7th Marines

4th Marines

23rd Marines

1st Marines

1st Bn, 1st Marines (1/1)

6th Engineer Support Bn

VMGR-452

VMGR-234

USS Ponce (LPD-15)

USS Trenton (LPD-14)

HMH-462

3rd Bn, 6th Marines (3/6)

5th Marines

10th Marines

2nd Bn, 4th Marines (2/4)

VMA-542

1st Combat Engineer Bn (CEB)

HMM-262

3rd Bn, 9th Marines (3/9)

VMA-121

3rd Bn, 7th Marines (3/7)

2nd Bn, 7th Marines (2/7)

HMH-463

3rd Bn, 2nd Marines (3/2)

HMM-165

3rd Combat Engineer Bn

HMM-161

1st Bn, 2nd Marines (1/2)

MWCS-28

2nd Marine Division

VMAQ-2

HMH-466 (Wolf Pack)

1st Bn, 10th Marines (1/10)

VMSB-231

MWSS-371 Sandsharks

2nd Engineer Bn

USS Tarawa (LHA-1)

VMO-2

3rd Bn, 10th Marines (3/10)

VMFA-232

2nd Bn, 3rd Marines (2/3)

H&MS-16, MAG-16

HMR-162

HMM-361

MAG-29

1st Bn, 4th Marines (1/4)

VMGR-352

HMLA-167

12th Marines

8th Comm Bn

9th Engineer Support Bn (ESB)

2nd Medical Bn

8th Engineer Support Bn (ESB)

MWSS-272

2nd Bn, 5th Marines (2/5)

2nd Bn, 24th Marines (2/24)

4th LAAM Bn

H&S Bn, 1st Marine Logistics Group (1st MLG)

4th Tank Bn

1st Bn, 6th Marines (1/6)

3rd Assault Amphibian Bn (3rd AABn)

9th Comm Bn

2nd Assault Amphibian Bn (2nd AABn)

2nd Supply Bn

HMLA-367

1st Bn, 25th Marines (1/25)

 
My Photos From This Battle or Operation
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  • Abel, Lonnie, Sgt, (1989-1994)
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  • Aber, Chris, Cpl, (1988-1992)
  • Abeyta, Vincent, Sgt, (1987-1995)
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  • Abney, Steven, Sgt, (1978-1993)
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  • Adkin, Andrew, LCpl, (1990-1992)
  • Adkins, Gary, Sgt, (1987-1993)
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  • Adwell, Bob, MGySgt, (1975-Present)
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