Larry,
(BIG grin!) I sure wish there had been more AF officers like you! Most that I met were a danger and threat to themselves and anyone nearby if they had a firearm.
It was so bad in 1963 when the Berlin Wall went up that our only real combat veteran (a true hardcase W-4!) ordered all the junior officers (yes, I said "ordered") into the Commander's Conference Room for firearms safety training. (A lot of those boys came out of there with big eyes and white faces! )
I recognize that was only in our command and I fully agree that many officers (mostly elsewhere, darn it) were actual military folks. Glad to know you were NOT one of Ozzie's "soccer Mom" officers.
By the way, I retired with 20 years in 1979. Just when did YOU get out of short pants?
(PS: I'm wearing short pants right NOW! )
(BIG grin!) I sure wish there had been more AF officers like you! Most that I met were a danger and threat to themselves and anyone nearby if they had a firearm.
It was so bad in 1963 when the Berlin Wall went up that our only real combat veteran (a true hardcase W-4!) ordered all the junior officers (yes, I said "ordered") into the Commander's Conference Room for firearms safety training. (A lot of those boys came out of there with big eyes and white faces! )
I recognize that was only in our command and I fully agree that many officers (mostly elsewhere, darn it) were actual military folks. Glad to know you were NOT one of Ozzie's "soccer Mom" officers.
By the way, I retired with 20 years in 1979. Just when did YOU get out of short pants?
(PS: I'm wearing short pants right NOW! )