Joining the USAF

Congrats, I am glad you are willing to serve your country no matter which branch. The Air Force serves a purpose we need someone to fly us to the next small country that needs invaded. Remember the Air Force Aimes High the Marine Corps Never misses! Semper Fi I am still motivated after 19+ years. My father is retired AF and my step-son is serving the big blue now.

 

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Hes right!! I had 23 years USAF. Last 16 as a C5 Flight Engineer.
I started in the Air Cav, and transfered after 6 years. I had
more fun flying FRED than any time in my life! Visited lovely spots like
Kuwait City shortly after Saddams folks left, but I drank a lot of
beer in Frankfurt between missions.
Good luck!!
Thanks to ALL of the military folks keeping us free today. I think of you often. I am retired, but cherished my military career.

 

I'm almost 24 years and a 3C0X1. Time sure has flown. Good to see young, smart folks coming up behind me to keep the mission going. I'll be retiring 1 Dec.

The best advice I can give: make things happen for you instead of sitting back and letting them happen.

Kenobe

 

Good luck and God bless you and your family....

Longboard 0302, USMC

 

Never been there. My breakdown:

Dec 85 -Jan 86: Basic Training Lackland
Jan 86 - Apr 86: Keesler AFB Tech Training
Apr 86 - Dec 88: Tinker - AWACS
87 and 88 tdy to Riyadh
Dec 88 - Apr 91: Incirlik AB, Turkey (Gulf One!)
Apr 91 - Apr 95: Scott AFB, IL
Apr 95 - Apr 99: Molesworth AB, England
Fall 97 - TDY to Naples, IT
Apr 99 - Apr 02: Buckley AFB, CO
Fall 2000: TDY to Incirlik, TU
Fall 2001: TDY to Riyadh
Apr 02 - Apr 05: Ramstein AB, GE (NATO!!)
Spring 03: TDY to Skopje, Macedonia
Apr 05 - now: Schriever AFB, CO
Oct 06 - Mar 07: Mosul (FOB Marez), Iraq
Summer 08: Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar

 

I worked the NATO Help Desk there, helping childish O-5s who kicked desks when angry fix their Word document and purging porn on the secret network every time I found it (haha). We stayed at a hotel on the beach, I think it was North of the base about 10 mins? Drank alot of beer at night, capuccino in the mornings, and must've gained 10 pounds from the freakin' awesome food.