It's Been 20 Years, Do You Still Watch And Remember?

[hounddoghowlie]

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.

 

i thought about and wanted to reenlist and intended to look into it, but my first better half said she'd leave me if i did. i should have reenlisted, we only made it a couple of more years.

I finally got out in 2013.

how many tours did you do, or did you train others?

I was at a USAMMA dept at Hill AFB, then Germany, Landstuhl/Permisans,   I spent more years TDY than I did at home.  USAMMA farmed us all out to any medical unit that needed equipment (vents, anesthesia units, etc) repaired or checked.

Germany was where we coordinated in Kabul and worked all the FOL's and FOB's.

I got my hands dirty.  Was OIC in charge of a unit in Germany but still turned a wrench and drove a forklift to load/unload triwalls when needed.

so you worked your ass off, it's gotta be done glad you were there to do it.