On that memorable morning I was fast asleep in a sweaty Motel near Al Jubayal. I was woken at about 0130 from my Bunk. As one of two Chinook Field Repair Teams we were placed into a very long (I think about 15 hours!) and circular convoy into the Saudi desert at 0400.
On arrival at Al Quysumah we Rigga's were told that one of the cabs had a Fwd Xmsn failure and that we had to return to where we left! (And a return time of just three hours!)
We spent the next day fixing the cab and returned again to Al Quysumah to find our tent awaiting us!
We later moved to Wadi Al Batin (near Hafr Al Batain) where, one evening, we found ourselves surrounded by a US Army Tank unit digging in for a long stay...we later found there was an Iraqi Convoy headed toward the other end of the Wadi!!!