I am a Baton Rouge City Police Officer. I have worked here for 17 years and enjoy every minute of it. I got out of the active duty Air Force in 1991 after Desert Storm. I stayed out 16 years and joined the Reserves in 2007. I am with the 403rd SFS, but was put on inactive status after being injured in the line of duty. I was injured and had an operation on my hand. I now have pins and screws in my hand. The Air Force deemed me non-deployable in October of 2008.
I have worked in Narcotics as a detective and and now I am a Sergeant in Uniformed Patrol. Uniformed Patrol is where the real work is at. I have experianced both worlds and the "real police and back bone of the police department" are the guys on the street. My squad is a hard working group of guys. I would lead them into any situation and they would no doubt follow me.
I will work about 10 more years with the Baton Rouge Police Department and retire. I have four kids: Andrew, Amanda, Alyssa and Alexis. I love them very much and enjoy every second I can spend with them. They make me very proud in everything they do. So far they have been the perfect kids......LOL. My daughters are all very beautiful and my son is just as handsome as his father.
Other Comments:
My grandfather was in the Army during WWII and served in Italy. My father was in the Coast Guard and served in the Phillipines in the mid 1960's. Me and my twin brother , Ronnie, were in the military during Desert Storm. My brother joined the Marines and I joined the Air Force. My brothers two sons are now Marines and stationed in California and South Carolina. Me and my brother served during Desert Storm. My nephew, Kevin, is now serving in Afghanistan. All males members of the Shirley family have proudly served this great nation.
Gulf War/Defense of Saudi Arabia/Operation Desert Shield
From Month/Year
August / 1990
To Month/Year
January / 1991
Description
On this day August 3 1990, President George Herbert Walker Bush orders the organization of Operation Desert Shield in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait on August 2. The order prepared American troops to become part of an international coalition in the war against Iraq that would be launched as Operation Desert Storm in January 1991. To support Operation Desert Shield, Bush authorized a dramatic increase in U.S. troops and resources in the Persian Gulf.
Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and hard-line Iraqi nationalists had always believed Kuwait should be part of Iraq, but nationalist propaganda aside, acquiring control of Kuwait’s oil fields was Hussein’s primary interest. In addition, control of Kuwait represented a strategic military objective should Iraq be forced into a war with its western-friendly Arab neighbors. Hussein calculated incorrectly that the United States and the United Nations, who were closely tracking Iraq’s military buildup along Kuwait’s borders, would not try to stop him. However, when Iraqi ground forces entered Kuwait on August 2, 1990, President Bush immediately proclaimed that the invasion “would not stand” and vowed to help Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in their efforts to force the Iraqis from Kuwaiti land.
On November 29, 1990, the United Nations Security Council authorized the use of “all means necessary” to remove Hussein’s forces from Kuwait, giving Iraq the deadline of midnight on January 16, 1991, to leave or risk forcible removal. After negotiations between U.S. Secretary of State James Baker and Iraq’s foreign minister, Tariq Aziz, failed, Congress authorized President Bush to use American troops in the coming conflict.
