 Pari gbolohun yii: Ni ọjọ 15 Oṣu Kẹjọ ọdun 1990, B Batiri, 3rd LAAM Battalion wọ ọkọ ni Ilu Morehead, NC lati ṣe atilẹyin : Operation Desert Shield ni Southwest Asia gẹgẹbi apakan ti 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade 4th MEB. Wọn de Saudi Arabia ni Oṣu Kẹwa Ọjọ 14 ati pe wọn gbe labẹ iṣakoso iṣiṣẹ ti 2nd Light Anti-aircraft Missile Battalion 2nd LAAM ti o ti de ni oṣu kan sẹyin. Ìyókù ti 3rd LAAM kò kúrò títí di oṣù Kejìlá. Ọga olori ati awọn ọmọ-ogun Marines 63 lọ sinu itage bi apakan ti ẹgbẹ ti o ni ilọsiwaju ti batalionu ti o de ni ọjọ 25 Oṣu kejila lakoko ti ara akọkọ, eyiti o lọ ni ọjọ 14 Oṣu kejila, de nipasẹ ọkọ oju-omi oniṣowo Sterna Trader ni ọjọ 4 Oṣu Kini 1991. 3rd LAAMs A Battery ni a firanṣẹ si Bahrain lati pese aabo afẹfẹ fun Shaikh Isa Air Base lakoko ti iyokù ti B Battery wa ni Saudi Arabia. HAWK Batiri lati 2nd ati 3rd LAAM Battalions bo awọn 1st ati 2nd Marine Divisions ni aaye ifilọlẹ nibiti wọn ti wọ Kuwait. Awọn batiri ti sopọ mọ pẹlu Ile-iṣẹ Iṣẹ Iṣẹ-iṣẹ Air Tactical TAOC ti o ṣiṣẹ nipasẹ Marine Air Control Squadron 2 MACS-2 fun aworan aabo afẹfẹ. Kò sí ìjàmbá ìbọn HAWK kankan tó wáyé nígbà ìjà náà. Ní ọjọ kọkànlá oṣù kẹta ọdún 1991 ẹgbẹ ọmọ-ogun náà bẹrẹ ìmúrasílẹ láti padà sí ilé wọn. 