Re: Military Talk
USAF 55-67
Sampson AFB, Lowry AFB, Shaw AFB, Yokota AFB, Japan, RB&WB66, Electronic & Wx (Typhoon) Recon. Shaw AFB was the pits!
Lackland AFB, Bainbridge AFB, Griffiss AFB, Castle AFB. Griffiss & Castle in B-52's as a Defensive Fire Control Systems Operator. That's the fancy name for a tail-gunner in the B-52. 2,000 hours in B-52 and many, many days on alert & airborne alert at Griffis. Castle AFB as an instructor. In '67 it was Thailand to bomb North Vietnam or get out. My choice was get out and finish college. Had too many friends in the Hanoi Hilton or one of those gigantic craters.
Had a brother in the 28th Inf Div in WWII. Medic in the Battle of the Bulge. His advice...don't join the army! The series Band of Brothers shows what they endured. No wonder he would never talk about it.
Every president should be a veteran and then maybe he, or she, could be a little more selective as to when we send our military out to fight. Iraq is such a waste.
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