Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutanga nePersian Gulf dambudziko
Muna 1990 uye pakurwiswa kweIraq muna 1991, Pelley akashuma zvikuru kubva munzvimbo dzakawanda dzehondo. Muna 1991, akaperekedza XVIII Airborne Corps pakurwisa kwayo Iraq kuti isunungure Kuwait. Muna 2001, Pelley neboka rake vakabatana neU.S. Special Forces muAfghanistan. Muna 2003, Pelley neboka re"60 Minutes" ndivo vakatanga kuparadzira mashoko okurwiswa kwechipiri kweIraq, vachishuma kubva kunzvimbo yavakanga vagadzira muDMZ pakati peIraq neKuwait. Boka racho rakasarudza kubuda mugadziriro yePentagon yokubatanidza ndokufukidza kupinda muIraq nenzira yakazvimirira kubva mukurwisa kwokutanga kusvikira kukuwa kweBaghdad. Pelley akadzokera kuIraq kakawanda kunoshuma nezvokupandukira. Muna 2006 na 2007 akaisa mishumo pamusoro pemhirizhonga muDarfur mudunhu reSudan. Mumushumo wake wa2007, Pelley akawana rubatsiro rweboka revapanduki kuronga kuongorora kwakarongwa muDarfur. Nhau yacho yakaratidza musha wakanga waparadzwa nemauto ehurumende mumushandirapamwe wavo wokuparadza rudzi. Mushumo weDarfur wakapiwa mubayiro weEmmy. Mukudzokorora nhau yacho, "Washington Times" yakanyora kuti, "Nhaka ya (Edward R.) Murrow anorarama paCBS mukutsvakurudza kwaScott Pelley kwakashinga, kwakareba". MuAfghanistan, Pelley akaperekedza zvikamu zvakawanda zveU.S. Army neMarine Corps mukurwa uye akataura zvakazvimiririra pamusoro pemigumisiro yehondo pavanhuwo zvavo. Muna 2011, The CBS Evening News yakatepfenyurwa kubva kuAfghanistan nokuda kwezvikamu zvemishumo pamusoro pegore rechigumi rehondo.