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Night Salem. I am glad you are feeling better
Night everybody.... Or am I the last one??? ** shuts off light and shuffles away**
Morning gang, Hope you all have a wonderful veterans day.
Special Thanks, to those of you who are Vets.
Special Thanks, to those of you who are Vets.
Well, coming from the south west desert country, I wanted to see the ocean so I joined the Navy.
They also guaranteed me Air Control School.
So naturally, coming from the desert they sent me to Great Lakes, Illinois so I could learn to shovel snow. And march in the snow and exercise in the snow and stand guard duty in the snow and then shovel more snow.
Because it kept on snowing.
So while I'm in Boot Camp they tell me Air Control School is closed and I can either take Hospital Corps School, Dental Corps School or go to sea and take my chances of getting a school. I wanted to go to some kind of school while I was in the Navy, so I reluctantly took Hospital Corps School.
The Hospital Corps School was in Great Lakes, Illinois also, in another part of the base, so I went there and shoveled snow. I finished Hospital Corps School and then took what they called back then ... Advanced Paramedical Training and this made me eligible for a better and larger snow shovel. This also made me eligible for Independent Duty so they assigned me to the Marine Corps. It turns out the Navy provides medical personnel for the Marines.
Oh, and a week after I started Hospital Corps School ... Air Control School opened up again. I asked about my guarantee but was told it was too late.
The Marines enjoy running everywhere they go, so I enjoyed running with them. We'd run before breakfast, run to breakfast and then spend a large part of the day running when we weren't exercising then we'd run some more. Sometimes we'd get up in the middle of the night and go for a nice night run. Other times we'd just run.
So then they sent me overseas to a place I'd never heard of and it wasn't real nice, but I got to practice some of what I'd learned in those medical schools.
Then I came back home to finish my last couple months of service and lo and behold they put me at the Naval Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina! And I got to go to the beaches and I got to see the ocean from something besides an airplane!
Finally got my Honorable Discharge (after all my pranks at the Naval Hospital in Charleston THAT was nothing short of a miracle). I figured they'd probably just shoot me.
Then I went back home to the desert and tried to forget about snow and nasty Countries and I took my little bit of money and bought some Arabian horses and sold them to women who like near worthless horses, and worked a little shoeing horses for people and gentle breaking some horses for others. And it all worked out.
But I never regretted that time in the service and really, I feel sorry for young men who don't get that experience.
They made me a man.
TT
They also guaranteed me Air Control School.
So naturally, coming from the desert they sent me to Great Lakes, Illinois so I could learn to shovel snow. And march in the snow and exercise in the snow and stand guard duty in the snow and then shovel more snow.
Because it kept on snowing.
So while I'm in Boot Camp they tell me Air Control School is closed and I can either take Hospital Corps School, Dental Corps School or go to sea and take my chances of getting a school. I wanted to go to some kind of school while I was in the Navy, so I reluctantly took Hospital Corps School.
The Hospital Corps School was in Great Lakes, Illinois also, in another part of the base, so I went there and shoveled snow. I finished Hospital Corps School and then took what they called back then ... Advanced Paramedical Training and this made me eligible for a better and larger snow shovel. This also made me eligible for Independent Duty so they assigned me to the Marine Corps. It turns out the Navy provides medical personnel for the Marines.
Oh, and a week after I started Hospital Corps School ... Air Control School opened up again. I asked about my guarantee but was told it was too late.
The Marines enjoy running everywhere they go, so I enjoyed running with them. We'd run before breakfast, run to breakfast and then spend a large part of the day running when we weren't exercising then we'd run some more. Sometimes we'd get up in the middle of the night and go for a nice night run. Other times we'd just run.
So then they sent me overseas to a place I'd never heard of and it wasn't real nice, but I got to practice some of what I'd learned in those medical schools.
Then I came back home to finish my last couple months of service and lo and behold they put me at the Naval Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina! And I got to go to the beaches and I got to see the ocean from something besides an airplane!
Finally got my Honorable Discharge (after all my pranks at the Naval Hospital in Charleston THAT was nothing short of a miracle). I figured they'd probably just shoot me.
Then I went back home to the desert and tried to forget about snow and nasty Countries and I took my little bit of money and bought some Arabian horses and sold them to women who like near worthless horses, and worked a little shoeing horses for people and gentle breaking some horses for others. And it all worked out.
But I never regretted that time in the service and really, I feel sorry for young men who don't get that experience.
They made me a man.
TT
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ZOOOOM,,,
Just a quick fly by to check in. (all is well) just couldn't see how to read the forum yesterday after my eye Dr. did all his tests. The surgery is next Tuesday, then the other eye the following Tuesday.
Just a quick fly by to check in. (all is well) just couldn't see how to read the forum yesterday after my eye Dr. did all his tests. The surgery is next Tuesday, then the other eye the following Tuesday.
Good luck to you Gummy
Hey the Dr. said there is a 75% chance that I won't need glasses when he gets done. Perhaps readers but not regular glasses.
Cool beans.
Good evening all, I finally did make it here for a few minutes... Hope all are well!!
Gummy sure hope for the Very best results for ya!! They are doing great things these days, so maybe you will get to go with no glasses!!
TT, I sure enjoyed your story on military time!! LOL Seems like the military likes snow for some reason!!
Happy Veteran's Day!! Thanks to all our Veterans and Active Duty!!! WE Love you!!
I enlisted in the Air Force... was gonna see the world from the air!! Not happening!! I was sent to Lackland AFB, San Antonio TX for boot, which was pretty good weather wise. But as soon as I got there they signed me up for an ARDs test program.... took my blood daily for 4 weeks to see why so many recruits get sick when put together in close quarters.... never did hear what they learned from that, but it sure was nice of them to volunteer me like that!!
From there is was off to Denver Colorado for Tech School... there was Basic Electronics...Advanced Electronics. Cameras and Audio Visual equipment... Television Studio equipment, Guided Munitions Imaging...etc... Long School... and when I was between classes they liked to give me one of them snow shovels too!!! Work all day clearing 20 inches of snow from the sidewalks.... fall in bed exhausted... Wake up in the morn... and Yahoowie another 20 inches of snow..
As I said the military has a thing for snow!!!
Then on to the Mountain for a short tour!! Cheyenne Mountain... ya know " War Games" movie if ya have seen that one. Then on to Bergstrom AFB, Austin TX to finish my tour!! I learned much, and don't regret a minute of it!! Never did see the world from the air though!!
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Gummy sure hope for the Very best results for ya!! They are doing great things these days, so maybe you will get to go with no glasses!!
TT, I sure enjoyed your story on military time!! LOL Seems like the military likes snow for some reason!!
Happy Veteran's Day!! Thanks to all our Veterans and Active Duty!!! WE Love you!!
I enlisted in the Air Force... was gonna see the world from the air!! Not happening!! I was sent to Lackland AFB, San Antonio TX for boot, which was pretty good weather wise. But as soon as I got there they signed me up for an ARDs test program.... took my blood daily for 4 weeks to see why so many recruits get sick when put together in close quarters.... never did hear what they learned from that, but it sure was nice of them to volunteer me like that!!
From there is was off to Denver Colorado for Tech School... there was Basic Electronics...Advanced Electronics. Cameras and Audio Visual equipment... Television Studio equipment, Guided Munitions Imaging...etc... Long School... and when I was between classes they liked to give me one of them snow shovels too!!! Work all day clearing 20 inches of snow from the sidewalks.... fall in bed exhausted... Wake up in the morn... and Yahoowie another 20 inches of snow..
As I said the military has a thing for snow!!! Then on to the Mountain for a short tour!! Cheyenne Mountain... ya know " War Games" movie if ya have seen that one. Then on to Bergstrom AFB, Austin TX to finish my tour!! I learned much, and don't regret a minute of it!! Never did see the world from the air though!!
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Hiya Sd, hope you and hubs are doing well.... have not had much online time of late... RW can be a PITA!!
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Good to hear!! I have been trying to catch up on a bunch myself! 
Lose a couple of days around here... and it will take a week to catch up!!
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Lose a couple of days around here... and it will take a week to catch up!! SC
Hey tg, I see ya sneakin around down there.... Hope all is good with you as well! Prolly catchin up like me!
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