What's An S-3? Part II
The destruction of Saddam's yacht gave me a reason to take the photo of the S-3 out of my wallet. I had kept one in there to show people what I fly because nobody knows what an S-3 is.
     — Cmdr. Ian Vatet

Media Magnet
The destruction of Saddam's yacht brought the S-3 to the attention of a lot of people before the president flew in one.
     — Cmdr. Steve Kelly

Troubles At Home
I used the Sailor Phone to call home and got in trouble with my wife. I had been telling her that what we were doing was not that dangerous. I told her that we never flew over Iraq, that we were doing a lot of tanking over water. I lost all credibility with her when she saw the story about us destroying the yacht on CNN.
     — Lt. Hartley Postlethwaite

Into Baghdad
A beautiful day over Iraq, but a painful sortie as we waited for a tasking that never came until the last half-hour we were in the container. It sucks having a two-ship of bomb droppers orbit around Baghdad, waiting for tasking, when the ground forces are parked in the outskirts of the city. I'm sure they could use some airborne artillery support. The good news is that the bombs we finally did drop were on the main road leading into Baghdad International Airport. Recent reports say that we control the airport now and will be using it as a staging point for the siege. We paved the way for them.

Rhino did a visual JDAM delivery and shacked the road. I rolled in and employed on the same spot with my WCMDs. It was a great pass as far as the parameters go. It was really awesome seeing the cluster bombs pepper the target area.
      — From the journal of Capt. Kris Padilla

Bag Men
We got to Base X and got assigned to Echo Row. When we got there, we had no place to put our tools, no place to store our equipment, no place to hang our shirts. We found some wood, screws, and screwdrivers and started to build everything we needed to support our operation. Some people built beds to sleep on. Everyone lived out of bags.
     — TSgt. Jason Moss

Body Armor
I knew it was the real deal the first time I had to put on body armor and Kevlar.
     — Maj. Tom Hanson