he joins the army. while stationed in georgia, he and his roommate michael bond with their platoon leader nickles over a distrust of the federal government. >> mcveigh took an instant liking to him and loved hearing nickles spout off about theories about government and politics. >> mcveigh serves during operation desert storm in 1991 and is awarded a bronze star for vallar. during his service he kills two enemy combatants. >> one thing he bragged about in saudi arabia in war he was a gunner on a bradley and told me one time about when he was shooting at a bunker and a guy came out waving his hands to surrenderer and mcveigh started shooting at him with a .25 millimeter. he said it was 1100 meters and