Among variety of deployments, he serviced with his own daughter
Phil Welsh’s military career spans from 1974 to 2010, serving in Vietnam to an assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Welsh joined the Navy at the age of 18 after living in Durango, Colorado all of his life. He had always had an interest in the Navy and worked on a destroyer. During that time, he was deployed to Vietnam. He served for four years and then got out.
Thirteen years later, he joined the Utah Air National Guard during Operation Desert Storm.. He had talked to the U.S. Army, but they were going to require him to take basic training again. At 37 years of age, he really didn’t want to do th...
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