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Interviewee Background
Mr. Rees graduated highschool with a partial scholarship to college although he wasn’t able to complete it because of poor grades. After this, he lived with different friends before enlisting in the United States army. Having completed basic and Advanced individual training, his sent for his first duty assignment was in Germany. However, he stayed there for less than a month before being shipped to Saudi Arabia because of the beginning of the Gulf war. He was stationed in Dhahran and worked an processed medical equipment. As the military pushed against the Iraq army, he would be stationed in other locations such as Camp Doha and Kuwait city. His tour during the first Gulf war was from November 1990 to May 1991.