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Offline Rukia

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Veterans Day
« on: November 11, 2012, 07:42:16 AM »
Thank you never seems to be enough, but...
THANK YOU to all Veterans... past, present, and future, for your service to this country and for the sacrifices you have made for our freedoms.  May you forever be within our hearts so that we never forget.
This is for the Veterans who are still living.
This is for the men and women who have died in battle.
This is for the ones who are currently serving in our military.
This is for the ones still missing in action.

You are honored and loved.  Thank you.

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RE: Veterans Day
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2012, 08:28:29 AM »
I only put in eight months and got a general discharge
 does that still make me a veteran?
I don't even put it down on job applications  due to the fact I never saw action
heck I didn't even finish out my schooling at Chanute AFB
got me a dear 'John' letter halfway thru basic (actually a 'dear god' letter, read on)
and since I joined for her mainly (to better myself so she said)
I had no reason to stay once she 'found god' and had no room in her life
for the two of us so guess who lost out?
but for those who really served... God Bless You All!!
she became a 'born again Christian' and had no room in her life for me
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RE: Veterans Day
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2012, 02:27:46 PM »
Yes, it does make you a veteran. Wow, small world! You and Pintrepid were at Chanute, and I used to go there all the time to deliver stuff!! :D
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RE: Veterans Day
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2012, 04:48:17 PM »
I went for jet engine repair in '83
in the damn winter too! man does it ever get cold up there!
and imo there is WAY too much corn out there
all I can remember is field after field of cornstalks!
it may be different now though
and our damn yell (call?) was 3423 3423 (our flight number) jet mech jet mech   awoo!
lame huh?
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RE: Veterans Day
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2012, 07:03:50 PM »
Yes.  Even if you didn't see battle, it still makes you a veteran, at least to me.  Thank you for your service.

Rukia

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I went for jet engine repair in '83


My brother enlisted in the Air Force at about that time too.  He passed the enlistment test the first time at 99%.   He loved planes, but his vision was too bad and he was too tall (6'7") to fly, so they made him a airplane mechanic and crew chief!  

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RE: Veterans Day
« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2012, 09:45:19 PM »
the testers at the Newark NJ building said to me that my scores were the highest in twenty years
 that ain't saying too much for the others who have enlisted prior to me
so they ask me what do you want to be? "you can do anything" they tell me
so I say to them "a jet mechanic like my dad was" and they looked at me funny
like I had leprosy or something
what is wrong with wanting to work with my hands?
gotta remember in '83 there were no computers for the public workplace
 so that job was never  even considered
 My dad was in the Korean war but was stationed in Oklahoma fixing B29's!
and he got to fly them too and loved every minute of it
my folks even got married out there during his stint and got busy making my older sister!  
so next spring me and my cousins are going to rent a B29
 to spread his ashes into the open sky!  
He will love this gesture I am certain
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RE: Veterans Day
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2012, 01:21:16 AM »
Quote from: 'faralos' pid='347' dateline='1352691919'

the testers at the Newark NJ building said to me that my scores were the highest in twenty years
 that ain't saying too much for the others who have enlisted prior to me
so they ask me what do you want to be? "you can do anything" they tell me
so I say to them "a jet mechanic like my dad was" and they looked at me funny
like I had leprosy or something
what is wrong with wanting to work with my hands?
gotta remember in '83 there were no computers for the public workplace
 so that job was never  even considered
 My dad was in the Korean war but was stationed in Oklahoma fixing B29's!
and he got to fly them too and loved every minute of it
my folks even got married out there during his stint and got busy making my older sister!  
so next spring me and my cousins are going to rent a B29
 to spread his ashes into the open sky!  
He will love this gesture I am certain


Hey, Faralos, you were at Chanute AFB?? Well, so was I! GEE, whatta small world it is!

I was there from Aug-Oct '80, training in A-school meteorology for the Navy.

Chanute was a very strange place ... and there were several memories from partying in Rantoul, including a scuffle with the cops one night while hanging out in the local park all COCKED outta our flippin' MINDS!

Also had my first corndog there in Rantoul at a restaurant that reminds me of that doughnut shop from Wayne's world. There were also 3 pinball tables there, but for the life of me, I can't remember which ones. Atari's The Atarians I think, and maybe a Williams late model EM ..

Rockin good times there in the cornfields of IL ...

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