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To: nuke44 who wrote (1566)	4/4/1999 8:23:00 PM
From: robnhood	Respond to of 17770

To: nuke44 who wrote (1566)	4/4/1999 9:12:00 PM
From: Michael Sphar	Respond to of 17770

EASY-9! Hey I know! I was a grotie troup out of Lackland. Full of "why should this be happening to me crap" as I served my superiors rather snottily in those first years. I Palace Chased at first opportunity when that program was conceived, but I guess for me it must have been those Air Force Now flicks <g>, I reupped, took an ART position and became a grotie staff sergeant before most of the lifers in my shop figured out that I was now a nose pickin civilian weekend warrior. That twisted quite a few jaws. A field commission a couple years later helped too. 21 years later I had the profound good sense to see the writing on the wall. Bush signed my final Order, and it is now framed and properly collecting dust in some corner of the memorabilia room of our vacation home. 21 years is a good long time, especially in Mother MAC! God Rest her soul. JP-4 was my nose inhalant of choice.

To: nuke44 who wrote (1566)	4/4/1999 9:24:00 PM
From: Michael Sphar	Respond to of 17770

I was 6 months into my first marriage at the lottery time. A couple years later I was still "in love" and didn't have the good sense to realize what I was throwing away when I declined to accept orders to Ubon or Udorn, Thailand, and opted for the Palace Chase orders instead. Dummie!

To: nuke44 who wrote (1566)	4/5/1999 1:46:00 AM
From: RavenCrazy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

To nuke44 - re Vietnam >>I had no intention of staying past the first enlistment but there's just something about the smell of napalm in the morning.<< Just curious, but is the smell as exhilarating as the feel of Agent Orange 30 years later as your organs go? Such a question tends to make me think we might use this board for solution-discussions, particularly regarding refugees, rather than everyone having such a blast with Clinton-bashing and old war stories. Raven