is free imposition. the army years for me were some of the best years of my life. >> i think mcveigh probably found success for the first time in his life in the army. i think mcveigh was looking for some type of family that would make him happy. >> when i look back at where i come from, it's a military background, military mindset. i want to be clear that the military didn't brainwash me into thinking this way. the truth is that the military helped me in understanding the cruelty of the real world and the way things work. >> in november of 1990 in response to saddam huesseinhussein's invasion of kuwait timothy mcveigh is shipped out to the persian gulf with the first infantry division. >> the gulf war for tim was sort of the culmination of his young military career. the way that that mission was