They had to keep with the visual.
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They had to keep with the visual.
mistermills357
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At frozen Plattsburgh, NY air force base during the winter of 1971 -72, our boss and 4 mechanics were picked up by the 2nd Lt maintenance officer on the flight line and driven back to the aircraft hanger on night shift.
There was normal "complaint" conversation about air force duty in the winter. I made an exceptional statement about the air force and my dislike of military service. The Lt decided I needed a "discipline lecture" for about 5 minutes in the truck in front of my supervisor and co-workers. When the Lt stopped talking, we got out of the truck and went to our cars -- except me and my boss. He talked and I listened for another 5 minutes inside the hanger. My ending statement was, "Do you have a mechanic better than me?" We went home.
In the early 1970s only "flight qualified" college graduates could go into officer training programs first, and then to pilot or navigator training. If a college graduate was not flight qualified, he was enlisted only. All of the flight training candidates who washed out, dropped out, or failed flight school filled non-flying officer positions. There were lots of disappointed non-flying officers.
About 3 weeks later our beloved Lt picked us up on the flight line and gave us a ride back to the hanger. The truck was silent and I blurted out the big question. "Lt did you wash out of Pilot training or Navigator training?" I couldn't understand his answer from the back of the truck where I was sitting but it carried a sad tone. We all piled out of the truck to go home in our cars.
Once again, I had a chat with my boss. I told my boss the question was payback for the Lt's lecture about my poor attitude in front of him and the other guys. I didn't care at all about the lecture, but my boss was embarrassed because of what the Lt said. Neither I nor the Lt ever had another discussion. I always saluted when appropriate and said hello.
Two weeks after the Lt question, I was notified about my promotion to E-5 and received it 3 months later. I served a total of 4 years, 3 months because I extended my service to go to Thailand. I was E-5 for almost 2-1/2 years before my discharge.
Just scanning old post and this one reminded me of a similar Air Force story. We had a 2nd LT. who was a straight up prick. He had a thing against us K-9 guys for some reason, maybe due to the fact we were not required to salute when we had our dog on leash, being safety and control of the dog. He always tried to catch us on something. He thought he could sneak up on a K-9 handler….not going to happen GI. Well one night at Alpha site as he walked up on my friend Ken he stepped in a big pile of fresh dog pooped dropped by Ken’s dog. Priceless…
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...but no meme to go with the story?
PERFECT! Gotta love Calvin and Hobbes...
Thanks Rusty…..
LVSteve
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"Beware the Memes of March"
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CAJUNLAWYER
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Who's the "blonde" now?
^^^^ what he said. But hey you are talking to a group that doesn’t watch anything but reruns. 
