| Aug 2 |
Iraq Invades Kuwait |
| Aug 7 |
Operation Desert
Shield begins
|
| Aug 7 |
First U.S.
forces—F-15 Eagle fighters from Langley Air Force Base, Virginia—arrive in Saudi
Arabia |
| Aug |
Beginning in August
1990, U.S. Navy preventive-medicine personnel and scientists began evaluating disease
risks among deployed troops
|
| Aug 12 |
First Operation
Desert Shield-related U.S. death |
| Aug 22 |
President George Bush
authorizes first call-up of Selected Reservists to active duty for 90 days, by executive
order
Call-up widened in subsequent authorizations; period of service extended to
180 days on Nov 12, 1990, by executive order |
| Sept |
A group of
approximately 16 Department of Defense civilians from Anniston Army Depot established the
first large-scale, in-theater painting operation at the port of Ad Dammam
|
| Sept |
A team from the
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research arrives in the Gulf to begin the first of several
efforts to discuss with soldiers issues such as stress and psychological status
|
| Dec 21 |
Food and Drug Administration issues the Interim
Rule, "Informed Consent is Not Feasible" (FR 52814)
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