I am currently active duty Air Force, I joined right out of high school in 91 and will be retiring on 1 January 2013. July 91 basic training then tech school for automotive maintenance. Jan 92-Dec 93 Spangdahlem Germany, 18 years old and in a counrtry with no drinking age. Jan 94-Nov 96 Luke AFB Arizona. Nov 96-Nov 99 RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom. Nov 99-Jul 04 McGuire AFB NJ. Jul 04-Jul 05 Kunsan AB South Korea. Jul 05-Current McGuire AFB NJ.
Between the two times that I have been at McGuire I have deployed to the sand box six times. Dec 00-Mar 01 Al Jabber, Kuwait. Jul-Oct 02 PSAB Saudi Arabia. Mar-Jun 03 Al Udied Qatar. May-Sept 06 Baghdad Iraq. Jan-Sep 08 Taji Iraq. Jan-Sep 10 Convoys From Kuwait into and out of various bases in Iraq.
My first deployment I was the down town parts guy, so I got to go into Kuwait City on almost a daily basis buying parts for the shop, also had the same job on the Qatar deployment. By far the best deployment was the convoys, that time I actually felt that I was doing something, the rest of them I was just fixing a$$ haulers so people didnt have to walk to the chow hall.
To the Viet Nam VETS, I take my hat off to you.
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