Elaine Smokes

Branch of Service: Army
Length of Service: 4 Years
Rank: E-4 (SPC)
Armed Conflict: Desert Storm
Campaigns: Desert Shield

Background and History:
Graduated Pennsauken High School 1981
Graduated Howard University 1986
Army Boot Camp Oct. 1987
Pirmasens, Germany May 1988
Fort Benning, Georgia April 1990
Promoted to Specialist (E-4) 1990
Operation Desert Shield March 1991
Operation Desert Storm Aug. 1991
Separated from U.S. Army 1991

Experiences:
MREs (meals ready to eat)
Disciplined and regiment lifestyle
Travel and education
Experience as a woman (positive and negative)
Life and death


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