USO Canteen FReeper Style....FReeper FRiday....July 5,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and Snow Bunny

[Snow Bunny]

I joined the USAF in July of 1973. I went to Lackland AFB, Texas for training.

The Gang .......and Writing Home

I was the oldest recruit in my basic training class.

We graduated the last week of August 1973.
I was 23 years old and they made me dorm chief. (HBSIC, Head baby sitter in charge).

After Basic Training I went to Technical School at Goodfellow AFB, (San Angelo) Texas.

I was trained as a printer systems operator.

I went home in December 1973 and got married.

My first duty station was Karamursel, CDI Turkey.
In addition to my job I did a little of this. I'm the one on the right.

Mr. & Mrs. Militiaman7 at Air Force ball 1975.

Turkey was great, We had a lot of things to do.
Including touring Turkey, shopping in the bazaar in Istanbul.

In January 1976 my son ELMALO was born in Adana, Turkey (Incirlik CDI).

After Turkey I was assigned to Iraklion AS, Crete, Greece. Smack dab in the middle of the beautiful Mediterranean Sea. We toured Greece and most of Europe while stationed there.

My next assignment was Offutt AFB, Nebraska. where I was crossed trained as a USAF Weather Observer. Here I am briefing the SAC Commander.

After Nebraska I was sent to Elmendorf AFB, Alaska as a printer system operator. I don't need to tell what an experience Alaska was. Hunting, Fishing and watching the Northern Lights at 30 below zero.

While in AK my two daughters where born.

From Alaska I was sent to school at Fort Mead, Maryland (NSA) and on to Misawa AB, Japan.

Next it was a trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We was assigned to K.I. Sawyer AFB as a training manager. I got my first issue of BDU's here they were Army hand me downs. The AF didn't have them available yet.

I worked in the Security Police shop and also maintenance for B-52 and KC-135 Tankers.

Also at KI our foster daughter Marty joined the family.

My next duty was Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio. I was the training manager for the Civil Engineer Squadron. We were on mobility status at Wright-Pat and did stuff like building an AF base from scratch out in the boonies.

We could go anywhere in the world with 9 hours notice build a AF base with runway, hospital, BX, housing, chow hall, everything to sustain a combat unit. My other part time jobs were Load Master for the C-5A and Snow Removal in the Winter time (Fun, Fun, Fun).

Back to Misawa next for two years then a Medivac flight to the USAF Regional Hospital at Travis AFB, California for 7 months then a final assignment at McDill AFB, Florida as a training manager for the F15 Squadron.

I retired from the USAF in August of 1993, Time served 20 years and 12 days.

I am now a DAV and a FREEPER ,
with four kids, 10 grandkids with number 11 due in November.

After lurking for about a year I joined FR in October 1998.

I have attended most of the major FR Rallies and functions in the DC area
and spent lots of hours doing the walk in front of the White House with
the DC Chapter. Also I have led several FREEPS in the SW Virginia area.

(With Bob Dornan at the Patriots Rally, April 20, 2002)

I am extremely grateful to be an American citizen.
I am proud of my service in the US Military.
I have been honored to serve with my fellow vets.

Thank you Militiaman7 for
serving our country.

[LadyX]

Thank you, 4, for the update.
To those who have lived or visited there, the devastation of so beautiful an area is heartbreaking.

I remember many a summer outing with my family, expecting then my third child and not able to ramble up and down mountains..:))
I'd usually be parked in a meadow by a stream with a good book, reading some, and absorbing the beauty of the surroundings.
There was always an abundance of wildflowers, stretching as far as the eye could see!
My poor faithful little terrier, Shadow, wore himself out following the guys - and then hustling back to be sure I was all right.

[Snow Bunny]

Hi, thank you so much for your poems yesterday. I was gone all day and got back very late so I thought I would answer over here today. Thank you again so much. I saved it in fact.

[Pippin]

Good evening, LadyX! I agree with you. To see such beautiful places being ruthlessly destroyed by these fires and the floods is heartbreaking!

[Snow Bunny]

Hi Mini T. You are so precious, I went to see the pictures, thank you so much. I am praying for your baby everyday and for all of you.

[Snow Bunny]

Hi dear friend..Luv ya Marine!

Thank you so much.

[4TheFlag]

Thank you, 4, for the update.

You're welcome LX, the latest count is about 11,000 acres, the firefighters and aircrews have done a BANG UP job on this one...

God's Creation it is indeed.......

[Snow Bunny]

Hi Dazedcat, so nice to meet you. Thank you for coming to the FReeper USO Canteen. I was gone all day yesterday and wanted to thank you for your post.

Welcome to the FReeper USO Canteen.

[Snow Bunny]

Hi Flag Man,I have been praying about the fire. They are so scary and we lived through 3 of them in Calif.

God bless you my friend.

[Snow Bunny]

Hi LS, thank you so much. Also thank you for the graphics yesterday....fantastic! I was gone the whole day, it felt weird not being here but it was a beautiful 4th in the Park here.

Thank you again so much.

[Snow Bunny]

I think you make a cute blushing teddybear. heh heh....

[Snow Bunny]

Something for you...from Beamer.

[Snow Bunny]

Hi Tonkin, thanks for the P.O.Box. You have made it so easy to write to our troops. Thank you dear brother.

[lodwick]

Hi C! Merci. Thanks for asking. '-)

[Militiaman7]

Thank you very much for making my FReeper FRiday thread so nice. I am deeply humbled.

I am very fortunate to have had the priveledge to serve in the military of the United States. I had the pleasure of working with some of the finest men and women while in the USAF.

I appreciate the sacrifice of those who have and are taking up the cause of freedom since my retirement. I pray for them often.

I see my FReeper Family as the Home Guard. Patriots who protect our Liberty and Freedom at home. I am proud to be counted as one of you.

Lastly, I would like to thank Jim Robinson, USN for having the vision of FRee Republic. Our electronic "Town Crier".

God bless you all and May God continue to Bless the United States of America

[Snow Bunny]

Hi Alamo-Girl, thank you. Thanks for your support of the FReeper USO Canteen.The work you do gathering information was so helpful when I first became a FReeper. I was and am so impressed.Thank you.

[Pippin]

FRENCH! The third language is French!

[Snow Bunny]

Thank you.

[Snow Bunny]

Hi Meekie, thank you for the information about Ted Williams.Good to see you Meekie.

[Snow Bunny]

Great pictures of Ted Williams Sam, thank you so much.

[Snow Bunny]

French is soooooo romantic....that one and Italian are the most romantic of all.