Continuing
by me, Kerry Burgess, 12/08/2025
Trump Always Chickens Out.
From 4/18/1988 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, while enlisted paygrade E-5, designated Fire Controlman Petty Officer Second Class (FC2), from my official enlisted US Navy records: during USA Armed Forces Expeditionary Operation Earnest Will with my personal participation and commendation - CF-division, Missile Plot - guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex (UNIVAC digital-computers Mk152 Terrier System for, primarily, SM2-ER {Extended Range} Standard Missiles ordnance) - aboard the USS Wainwright CG-28 US Navy the United States Operation Praying Mantis ) To 9/2/2025 ( ) is 13651 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/19/2003 ( ) is 13651 days
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=kay20&date=20030320&query=iraq+explosions
Local News: Thursday, March 20, 2003
Kay McFadden / Times staff columnist
The media got it fast, got it right
It may not have been the "shock-and-awe" show promised by United States forces poised to invade Iraq.
But to anyone watching television, the swiftness with which yesterday's airstrike in Baghdad was executed, disseminated and explained was a heck of a dress rehearsal.
The White House and news organizations worked in well-oiled tandem. The time elapsed from when the bombing run took place to when anchors were correctly summarizing it — barely a half-hour — gave new meaning to the concept of a fast news cycle.
News that air-raid sirens were sounding over Baghdad broke at 6:37 p.m. Pacific Standard Time and 5:37 a.m. in Iraq.
From 1/17/1991 ( date of record of my United States Navy Medal of Honor as Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 officially the United States Apache attack helicopter pilot ) To 3/20/2003 ( ) is 4445 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 1/3/1978 ( Jimmy Carter, 39th President of USA: New Delhi, India Remarks on Signing the Delhi Declaration ) is 4445 days
From 2/17/1909 ( biographical - Geronimo dead ) To 11/20/1983 ( premiere USA TV "The Day After" ) is 27304 days
27304 = 13652 + 13652
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/20/2003 ( ) is 13652 days
From 8/19/1987 ( Ronald Reagan, 40th President of USA: Statement on Signing the Bill Amending the Bankruptcy Code ) To 3/20/2003 ( ) is 5692 days
5692 = 2846 + 2846
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 8/18/1973 ( The Killian Document ) is 2846 days
From 11/18/1996 ( premiere USA film "Star Trek: First Contact" ) To 3/20/2003 ( ) is 2313 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/3/1972 ( from Chicago Tribune newspaper: Bearing a message for alien civilizations, America's Pioneer 10 rocketed into space ) is 2313 days
From 7/3/1988 ( Iran reports destruction mid-air of Iran Air Flight 655, blamed on guided-missiles from USS Vincennes, US Navy ) To 4/5/2063 ( the famed fictional date setting established in 1996 film "Star Trek: First Contact" ) is 27304 days
27304 = 13652 + 13652
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/20/2003 ( ) is 13652 days
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/iraq2003/war_timeline.html
npr
Beyond the War in Iraq: Chronology
A Timeline of Events in the Current Iraqi Conflict
March 20, 2003: The U.S. launches a pre-dawn missile attack on what President Bush calls "selected targets of military importance" in Iraq.
Encyclopædia Britannica
Geronimo
Geronimo, Indian name Goyathlay ("One Who Yawns") (born June 1829, No-Doyohn Canyon, Mex. - died Feb. 17, 1909, Fort Sill, Okla., U.S.), Bedonkohe Apache leader of the Chiricahua Apache, who led his people’s defense of their homeland against the military might of the United States.
From 5/14/1990 ( departing as enlisted {non-commissioned officer} US Navy Fire Controlman Petty Officer Second Class (FC2)(paygrade E-5) Kerry Wayne Burgess my Honorable Discharge from US Navy active service ) To 3/19/2003 ( ) is 4692 days
4692 = 2346 + 2346
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 4/5/1972 ( from The Daily Princetonian publication, Princeton University: Marines Seek Princeton Sign-Ups In Student Center ) is 2346 days
From 9/4/1976 ( George W. Bush arrested again by police in the United States ) To 3/19/2003 ( ) is 9692 days
From 11/2/1965 ( me ) To 5/16/1992 ( landing of the first flight of the United States space shuttle Endeavour orbiter vehicle mission STS-49 includes me Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps commissioned-officer and United States STS-49 pilot astronaut and my 1st official United States of America National Aeronautics and Space Administration orbital flight of 4 overall ) is 9692 days
From 11/18/1996 ( premiere USA film "Star Trek: First Contact" ) To 3/19/2003 ( ) is 2312 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/2/1972 ( launch from planet Earth of the United States Pioneer 10 crewless spacecraft ) is 2312 days
From 6/29/1995 ( the Mir space station docking of the United States space shuttle Atlantis orbiter vehicle mission STS-71 includes me Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps commissioned-officer and United States STS-71 pilot astronaut and my 3rd official United States of America National Aeronautics Space Administration orbital flight of 4 overall ) To 3/19/2003 ( ) is 2820 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 7/23/1973 ( described publicly only by me, my biological brother Thomas Reagan the 1969 medical-doctor graduate of Princeton University and 1973 law-doctorate graduate of University of Oxford, England, passes the United States of America Multistate Bar Examination ) is 2820 days
From 6/29/1995 ( see above: STS-71 ) To 3/19/2003 ( ) is 2820 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 7/23/1973 ( Monica Lewinsky ) is 2820 days
From 12/25/1971 ( George W. Bush the purveyor of illegal drugs strictly for his personal profit including the trafficking of massive amounts of cocaine into the United States confined lawfully to federal prison in Mexico for illegally smuggling narcotics in Mexico leading to his desertion and conspiracy to desert from USA military obligations ) To 3/19/2003 ( ) is 11407 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 1/25/1997 ( biographical - Jeane Dixon dead ) is 11407 days
From 1/17/1991 ( the date of record of my United States Navy Medal of Honor as Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 officially the United States Apache attack helicopter pilot ) To 3/19/2003 ( ) is 4444 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 1/2/1978 ( Jimmy Carter, 39th President of USA: New Delhi, India Remarks Before the Indian Parliament ) is 4444 days
From 7/23/1961 ( Michael John Durant ) To 12/7/1998 ( as Kerry Burgess my first day as full-time employee of Microsoft Corporation in Seattle-Bellevue until 02/06/2004 ) is 13651 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/19/2003 ( ) is 13651 days
From 9/17/1965 ( premiere USA TV series "Hogan's Heroes" ) To 2/1/2003 ( inflight destruction of USA space-shuttle Columbia ) is 13651 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/19/2003 ( ) is 13651 days
From 7/5/1988 ( from Los Angeles Times newspaper, article by the author Tom Clancy: Now, Something Worse in the Gulf Than War: What if You Do Everything Right and End Up Killing 300 Civilians? ) To 4/5/2063 ( the famed, fictional date setting established in the 1996 film "Star Trek: First Contact" ) is 27302 days
27302 = 13651 + 13651
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/19/2003 ( ) is 13651 days
[deserter-in-chief] GEORGE W. BUSH
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-the-nation-iraq-0
The American Presidency Project
GEORGE W. BUSH
43rd President of the United States: 2001 - 2009
Address to the Nation on Iraq
March 19, 2003
My fellow citizens, at this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations
From 6/29/1995 ( official documents State of South Carolina - sale recorded - as me, Kerry Burgess, the house I owned {then sold and no longer care about} on Country Club Drive, Greer, South Carolina, United States of America ) to 9/8/2004 ( ) is 3359 days
From 6/29/1995 ( the Mir space station docking of the United States space shuttle Atlantis orbiter vehicle mission STS-71 includes me Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps commissioned-officer and United States STS-71 pilot astronaut and my 3rd official United States of America National Aeronautics Space Administration orbital flight of 4 overall ) to 9/8/2004 ( ) is 3359 days
From 5/26/1992 ( Charles Geschke kidnapped at gunpoint for ransom ) To 9/8/2004 ( ) is 4488 days
4488 = 2244 + 2244
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 12/25/1971 ( George W. Bush the purveyor of illegal drugs strictly for his personal profit including the trafficking of massive amounts of cocaine into the United States confined lawfully to federal prison in Mexico for illegal smuggling of narcotics in Mexico leading to his eventual desertion and conspiracy to desert from his lawful obligations to the USA military ) is 2244 days
From 2/17/1953 ( premiere USA film "Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe" ) To 12/25/1991 ( an aviator in non-aviator related duties boots on the ground as United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer Kerry Wayne Burgess I was prisoner of war in Croatia ) is 14190 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 9/8/2004 ( ) is 14190 days
From 2/16/1960 ( illustrated reference below here ) To 9/8/2004 ( ) is 16276 days
16276 = 8138 + 8138
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/13/1988 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, while enlisted paygrade E-5, designated Petty Officer Second Class Fire Controlman (FC2), with my personal participation and commendation my official enlisted United States Navy documents includes: Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - 88Feb13 88Jun03, CF-division, Missile Plot - guided-missiles Fire Control Computer Complex (UNIVAC digital-computers Mk152 Terrier System for, primarily, SM2-ER {Extended Range} Standard Missiles ordnance), USS Wainwright CG-28, United States Navy, Operation Earnest Will, Middle East Force, including Operation Praying Mantis ) is 8138 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5441380/
IMDb
60 Minutes Wednesday: Season 6, Episode 44
For the Record (8 Sep. 2004)
"60 Minutes II" For the Record (original title)
TV Episode 60 min Documentary, News
Release Date: 8 September 2004 (USA)
Cast
Dan Bartlett ... Self - White House Communication Director (segment "For the Record")
https://archive.org/details/COORNAP/COORNAP%2005/page/n19/mode/2up?view=theater
Los Angeles Times
Frigate Apparently Strikes Gulf Mine;
April 15, 1988
The frigate was heading toward Bahrain under auxiliary power Thursday night, escorted by the cruiser Wainwright
https://books.google.com/books?id=V0G9f35dK6AC
Google Books
The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran
David Crist
Penguin, Jul 19, 2012 - History - 656 pages
Tensions mounted both on board the Wainwright and up the chain of command. The Wainwright's weapons officer, Marty Drake, could not understand why they did not fire. "Sir," he cautioned, "he's got the last remaining Harpoon." But Chandler still had it in his mind that he needed to warn her away, and he maintained this even when the Joshan locked on with its fire control radar. Listening in over the net back on the Coronado and in Tampa, Less and Crist grew increasingly concerned. Less liked the idea of giving the Iranians a warning in hopes of sparing lives, but after repeated warnings he wondered why Chandler had not opened fire. General Crist turned to a senior staff officer sitting next to him and asked apprehensively, "Why doesn't he just blow him out of the water?"
Finally, with only thirteen miles separating the two forces - close enough for the Joshan's captain to see the Wainwright's mast peeking just above the horizon - Chandler issued his fourth and final warning to the Joshan - "Stop and abandon ship. I intend to sink you."
With this Mallek decided to act. If the Americans were going to attack him, he would not take the first hit.
Chicago Tribune
Navy Rises To Occasion In Duel At Sea
April 19, 1988 By David Evans, Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON — For the first time in more than 40 years, enemy warships have seriously challenged the U.S. Navy at sea. The Navy won-decisively.
When the sun set on the Persian Gulf Monday night, at least two Iranian patrol boats were at the bottom, two others were heavily damaged, perhaps even sunk, and two Iranian frigates were disabled.
In one day`s combat, Iranian fleet strength was reduced considerably. The U.S. ships involved in the fighting were unscathed.
By all accounts, the Navy racked up a victory, marred only by the probable loss of an Army attack helicopter. The Cobra helicopter, operating with a two-member crew from the cruiser Wainwright, was reported overdue.
The engagement underscores the decisive impact of air power in naval engagements and the effectiveness of simple countermeasures in dealing with antiship missile attacks.
But the incident that prompted Monday`s naval battle-the near sinking last week of the USS Samuel B. Roberts by an Iranian mine-raises anew the question of the Navy`s ability to deal effectively with even simple mines.
The Navy`s success in surface combat stems in large measure from the presence of aircraft overhead. E-2C Hawkeye radar planes from the carrier Enterprise provided early warning of Iranian F-4 Phantom jets as well as inbound surface vessels.
Attack aircraft known as A-6 also provided early warning of impending attacks. And it was the bombs and missiles fired from the A-6s that inflicted most of the damage. Only two of the Iranian vessels damaged or sunk were hit by ordnance fired from surface warships.
At the same time, the Iranian air force-with barely two dozen or so planes still operational, for want of American spare parts-was able to mount only a token sortie of two F-4s, which were chased off and possibly damaged by U.S. antiaircraft missiles.
Control of the sea would seem to require dominance of the air.
Indeed, the British Royal Navy`s losses in the Falkland Islands war might have been far worse if the Argentine A-4s had not been forced to fly to the very limit of their range, with only enough fuel for one pass, and if more of their bombs had exploded on impact.
However, the Persian Gulf action shows that some of the Navy`s surface ship countermeasures do work. The captain of the frigate USS Stark was roundly criticized for not employing chaff as a radar decoy before his ship was hit by a radar-homing Exocet missile last May.
On Monday, the cruiser Wainwright used its chaff to decoy a Harpoon missile fired from the attacking Joshan, an Iranian fast attack craft.
The Joshan, which did not employ any effective chaff, was then hit and sunk
- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 05:55 AM Pacific-timezone USA Monday 12/08/2025
