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    -    tn the first combined helicopter, missile, and surface
    engagement, the frigate USS MCHOLAS, supported by
    Army helicopters and a Kuwaiti gunboaf, attacked eleven

    Iraqi occupied Kuwaiti oil platforms.
    -    The battleships MISSOURI and WISCONSIN shot
    over 1,000 rounds of 16-inch ammunition in Naval Gunfire
    Support missions.  The battleships' barrages were so deadly
    that hundreds of Iraqi soldiers surrendered to a Remotely

    Piloted Vehicle -- the unmanned, unarmed drone aircraft
    used for directing gunfire -- marking the first time in history

    troops have surrendered to a robot.

                         -- sLmE22--
    Over the past decade, the United States has also invested

heavily in Naval Reserve manpower, training, and equipment.

This investment paid off in Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

Reserve participation provided much of the medical support

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