Considering I made no money that summer, thanks to that 6 week mandatory training, I opted to go when I went on active duty. The SGM rode me the entire year, albeit in a friendly way. I took advantage of a military hop to fly back to Spokane, to show him my wings.
While at Fort Benning, several classmates tried to convince me to go to Ranger School. No way, that was a bridge too far for me...I'm not a runner, and I don't do well on an hour of sleep for days at a time.
Even when I was down in the Hahn AB Wing CP for alerts (4 days at a time), I was able to catch 40 winks during the middle of the night. Never caught any flak for that, zoomies were griping about 12 hour shifts.
Wing Commander had my back, too. He wanted me there in case there were any NBC warfare inputs. He lost confidence in his own Disaster Preparedness Officer, who overreacted to an input during a NATO Tac Eval. I stepped in with my recommendation for a lower alert status, and the rest was history.
During my last 18 months at Hahn, when an alert commenced, I'd take my shaving kit and a few sets of (starched) fatigues, prepared to spend the next 3-4 days in the "hole."
Yep, felt the same way when the Ranger recruiters showed up at my AIT and a few other times wanting me to signup especially right after jump school. Nope not a runner either and did not want to play in those Ranger games.
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