I love "joint" more and more as I get to be an old man. I remember all who supported me and who I served with. I was a spoiled strategic airlift pilot, and it took my guys staying up all night in a freezing cold night to fix the plane to wake me up. After that, I never took anyone's work for granted. Human nature tells us to run for the easiest route. The military won't allow you that. You either lead, and do, or get discarded. It is a serious business.
Again, thank you for your service.
You are absolutely correct about the older you get the more you understand and appreciate what all the different services bring to the table. We were one little airborne battalion, covering all of Latin America. We had to have help from the (godawful) US Navy and USAF. Didn’t appreciate it @ the time, just lived to hit the Green Dragon on a Friday night when we got back into town. But our sandflea operations would have been miserable without them.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JUTQExmJ2qw
Wouldn’t trade it for anything. Best education...ever.