[Holicheese]

Oh yea, the Air Force brass that my friend spoke with thought my story was just too funny.
I loved Texas and in the end I was very to have been there but I really wanted to go over seas for a while.

[Eagles Talon IV]

I never did spend any time in the ZI. Went to the UK in Jan 61 and rotated back Jan 64. When it was time to be reassigned the AF had a policy of 9 months retainability needed for reassignment. What that meant was anyone with less then 9 months left on their enlistment would not be reassigned but would be discharged.

It got even better when we landed at McGuire AFB. Usually it takes about 7-10 days for separation and during that time the troops waiting just hang out and pull details like policing the base, driver duty etc, depending on rank. But when my crown landed they were really short of barracks space and nowhere to put us so they rushed everything and had us out of there in 48 hours.