[fieldmarshaldj]

"Turkey? I knew too many guys that had been to remotes in that country."

What happened ?

[Gaffer]

As for Turkey. Remote unaccompanied tours for my job was like prison for a year - never got off the installation, really.

When I said no, they sent me to ICELAND for 6 weeks TDY and 3 days left when I got back to process out of the AF at Maguire AFB, NJ.

I had to get the house closed out, the wife and kid ready through passports/visas, ship household goods, car, EVERY damned unit on the base had to sign off something. But I did it! By damn I did it.

I came home and we stayed at my mom’s and I drank beer and sat on my ass for a month then got a job right off making $1800/year more than I did with 8 years in the AF. Then I buckled down and a year later, I was accepted to Georgia Tech as a 27 year old freshman - and I worked. I did it in 13 quarters with a 3.2 GPA and got a BSEE.

I paid more in state income taxes than I made the entire year in the AF. Later years I paid more SS than that. My income kept going up and up and it actually was because I used what I’d learned from my time in the AF. When they screw you, screw back harder.