Patrick's Day Faire and operations manager for the Irish Cultural Center knows that the desert connection to the lush green Emerald Isle is as real as anywhere else.
It is what they have being training for ever since the Pentagon formed Special Operations Command in 1986, in the wake of the debacle of Desert One, the failed attempt to spring American hostages from Iran.
Wartime service: During Operation Desert Storm, Keating was deputy commander, Carrier Air Wing 17, participating in combat operations in from the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga.
My platoon of 15 SEALs would be augmented by a SEAL mobility platoon that would insert desert patrol vehicles (DPVs) and secure the perimeter and a platoon of Polish GROM (elite Polish special operations soldiers) that would clear buildings surrounding the power plant.