Veteran: Joanne Przybylowicz
U.S. Army 1987-1992
Total Service time: 3/1987 - 3/1992
My highest rank was Specialist 4
Combat War Veteran- Persian Gulf War 1990-1991
I joined the US Army Reserves and went to basic training and my first AIT (Psychiatric Specialist - MOS 91F) in March 1987.
A year later in March 1988, I went to Active Duty Army and attended AIT for Power Generation Equipment Repairer (MOS - 52D).
I served on active duty with the US Army as a Power Generation Equipment Repairer from March 1988 - March 1992. For the first two years, I was stationed in Mannheim, Germany with the 272nd MP Company. I was the first female mechanic the Military Police unit had ever had. From June 1990 to March 1992 I was assigned to HHC 1st Cavalry Division in Ft. Hood, Texas. I Served in Combat during the Persian Gulf War (Desert Shield / Desert Storm) from September 1990 to April 1991. On August 2nd, 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded the country of Kuwait in the Persian Gulf. My unit went on alert and on September 4, 1990, and I left for the Middle East as part of the First Cavalry Division’s advance party. I returned to the states on April 17, 1991, and spent the rest of my time at Fort Hood.
I used the Army college fund that I earned to attend college.