09-12-2020, 02:18 AM
(09-12-2020, 02:07 AM)beez Wrote: I had just gotten out in August of 2001. Looking to start a new civilian job. Finish my Masters. Spend time at home with the bride and the child, second child wasn't made yet, and enjoy life, drink beer, go fishing.
9/11, my old squadron first shirt called me at home.
Shit was never the same.
We were stationed in Korea. First tour as a sillyvilian. Wife called me over to the TV and said a plane had hit the WTC. I got there in time to see the 2d plane hit. I pulled out my cell and called the J2 Watch and told 'em, "Wake the CINC. He's gonna want to see this right now."
The next morning I can tell getting on post is going to be a challenge. I drove around to the easiest gate you could get on post with. There were two cars in front of me and it still took 4 1/2 hours to get past the barriers. I never did figure out where they got those tanks from. We went from business as usual to a war footing before the sun had come up. I was never prouder of what our military stood for.
This video tribute really caught me off guard:
'Cause if they catch you in the back seat trying to pick her locks
They're gonna send you back to Mother in a cardboard box
You better run!