Even though Desert Storm only lasted 42 days, the VA considers any service member who served from Aug. 2, 1990, to the present day in one of the following locations to be a Persian Gulf War veteran: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the neutral zone between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), Oman, Afghanistan, Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, the Gulf of Aden, the Gulf of Oman, the waters of the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea, and the Red Sea, or the airspace above these locations.