USAF retired
Hi my name is David. I served a total of 23 years in the Air Force. I started out in 1981 and after basic I was stationed at March AFB in Riverside CA. Three years later I got orders to Zweibrucken Germany I was stationed there from January 1985 to April 1987. I got out of the service in May of 1987 I stayed out until 1989. I joined the reserves and did my drills at Norton AFB after Norton AFB closed under BRAC in 1994 my unit 445 CES transferred to March AFB and merged with the existing unit and became the 452. I was doing regular drills and anual tours until 2002 during the annual fitness walk when I had a heart attack. I was lucky twice of course for surviving a heart attack the 2nd stroke of luck was being on orders. I went to the VA hospital that and a Tricare DOD section at Loma Linda VA after a stent was placed in my heart I was released the next day. I was on Active Duty orders from September 15, 2002 to June 15 2008. I worked around the base and helped sent people off for deployment. A lot of Marines were going through the base at the time. I was in civil engineers a plumber i believe my old AFSC was 55357. That We became utilities plumbing, water treatment, waste treatment, and liquid fues. with a new AFSC. I retired on 15 June 2008
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