Whatever

How are ya now?

 

Almost to the 6 month mark, yes?

 

161 days. It kind of sucks but it is what it is.

I give myself a lot of pep talks:

 

This sounds all stupid but I'm a gonna say it anyhow. I'm proud of you. (Sincerely...no bullshit)

 

Post a pic of the selections again, please....

 

Nah, just extra bunk time

 

Seriously.

 

Be proud of it

 

I'm gonna get this a hang it on my wall

 

Thanks! I just had it bleached!

 

Heartbreak Ridge. I’d completely forgot about that movie.

 

At Home Depot?

 

Above my bed, but I like the idea.

 

Doin good How’s things with you?

 

I got a story, seasick thing reminded me.
I worked on staff for the base airshow up here in 2004. The airshow director was a F15 pilot, with the odd callsign "Crash"...which had to do with a few rental car incidents as a young LT, not his flying. We got a close working relationship during the two months leading up to the show...a lot of prep work goes into that 5 day event. Cut to the chase, after the show Crash hooked me up with an incentive flight in the backseat of an F15; as a big plane airlift/tanker guy my whole career, that's the last place I thought I'd end up. I had to sign a waiver too, 'cuz as a mooseman I exceed the ejection seat size and weight limits. They also brief you "you will get sick." Even with the compression flightsuit, anyone riding backseat, even pilots most times, gets sick. You can't anticipate the G's like the guy moving the stick. So you use the baggy, get it over with, so you can enjoy the ride.
Day of flight, I get fitted out in the suit, introduced to my pilot for the flight, callsign "Hardlight", and he says c'mon we gotta get to pre-brief. I follow him into briefing and there sits our wingman for the flight, the highest ranking guy on base, ALCOM/NORTHCOM NORAD Commander, 3 star LT GEN Chandler, who had a reputation as a mean SOB, but that day he was super happy and stuck his hand out to me introducing himself as just "Howie Chandler, nice to meet you." During the briefing they mention the General is going to drop down to 500 ft to fire an air to ground missile at a target on the range; "Hardlight" breaks in saying how we, as an incentive flight, have to stay above 1000 ft, to which my new buddy Howie replies, "but you're gonna make sure he sees the show, right Major."
So, I did get sick early on, got it over with, and enjoyed my ride, to include a front row seat to the show. Very memorable experience that I never dreamed would happen, and I'll definitely never forget.

Lt Col Rusty "Crash" Miller, great boss who hooked me up with a once in a life time experience.

 

Yeah.

Corporal "Stitch" Jones' opinion on the Cubans:

"Banana eatin', bean fartin' muthafuckas!"