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#2503366 - 04/27/08 11:36 PM Re: One Last Shift...... [Re: Razorback]
USAFMTL Lifer Registered: 06/14/01 Loc: WPAFB, Dayton, Oh	and that is that...last shift completed. All is well in the world. Thank you all very much for the kind words. _________________________ Dave The USAF.....you want your ass kicked too?
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#2503371 - 04/27/08 11:51 PM Re: One Last Shift...... [Re: USAFMTL]
BeachAV8R Aviation & Air Combat Co-Editor Lifer Registered: 01/22/01 Loc: Charlotte, NC USA	Originally Posted By: USAFMTL and that is that...last shift completed. All is well in the world. Thank you all very much for the kind words. So I won't be seeing you here online at 3 or 4 in the morning? _________________________ http://www.mudspike.com http://www.mudspike.com/adventure.htm
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#2503378 - 04/28/08 12:02 AM Re: One Last Shift...... [Re: BeachAV8R]
speedbump Member Registered: 11/23/05 Loc: Anchorage	Glad you have finished buddy. Hope you do well with your family and thank you again for your sacrifices for out country. _________________________ "Warm winds blowing, heat and blue skies and a road that goes forever" http://www.razzledazzleart.com
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#2503424 - 04/28/08 01:21 AM Re: One Last Shift...... [Re: BeachAV8R]
USAFMTL Lifer Registered: 06/14/01 Loc: WPAFB, Dayton, Oh	Originally Posted By: BeachAV8R Originally Posted By: USAFMTL and that is that...last shift completed. All is well in the world. Thank you all very much for the kind words. So I won't be seeing you here online at 3 or 4 in the morning? Oh you can't get rid of me that easily. _________________________ Dave The USAF.....you want your ass kicked too?
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#2503430 - 04/28/08 01:50 AM Re: One Last Shift...... [Re: USAFMTL]
Legend Member Registered: 05/09/00 Loc: Zutphen, NL / ShangHai, China	You mean, you finished your last shift without an emergency or two?? Good luck with your new life! _________________________ There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the universe is for it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
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#2503443 - 04/28/08 02:20 AM Re: One Last Shift...... [Re: Legend]
USAFMTL Lifer Registered: 06/14/01 Loc: WPAFB, Dayton, Oh	Originally Posted By: Legend You mean, you finished your last shift without an emergency or two?? Good luck with your new life! Not a one, thought we had a grass fire on base but it was a cigarette in some mulch. _________________________ Dave The USAF.....you want your ass kicked too?
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#2503457 - 04/28/08 02:48 AM Re: One Last Shift...... [Re: USAFMTL]
Shredder Junior Member Registered: 01/21/08	Wow Dave, your post brought back memories of my days when I was a command post controller at Aviano in the early nineties. I can relate to everything you wrote, and then some. My first assignment was as a ground launch cruise missile (GLCM) launch control officer at Greenham Common, UK. That job was the most fun and rewarding experience I'll ever have in my life. Dispersals, "peace" women protesters, soviet inspectors, pub crawling in London - man, what an incredible three years. They took our nukes away with the INF treaty and I got stuck with a command post assignment at Aviano. I went from having the greatest job in the world to having the shiittiest. Two years of being a glorified telephone operator and secretary is how I looked at it. Rarely would we have a real world incident that actually required us to think and react. God I hated that job with a passion. Needless to say I got out of the air force because that job would have been my future for many years and I wasn't cut out for it. Best decision I ever made. Edited by Shredder (04/28/08 02:48 AM)
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#2503493 - 04/28/08 04:48 AM Re: One Last Shift...... [Re: Shredder]
USAFMTL Lifer Registered: 06/14/01 Loc: WPAFB, Dayton, Oh	Originally Posted By: Shredder Wow Dave, your post brought back memories of my days when I was a command post controller at Aviano in the early nineties. I can relate to everything you wrote, and then some. My first assignment was as a ground launch cruise missile (GLCM) launch control officer at Greenham Common, UK. That job was the most fun and rewarding experience I'll ever have in my life. Dispersals, "peace" women protesters, soviet inspectors, pub crawling in London - man, what an incredible three years. They took our nukes away with the INF treaty and I got stuck with a command post assignment at Aviano. I went from having the greatest job in the world to having the shiittiest. Two years of being a glorified telephone operator and secretary is how I looked at it. Rarely would we have a real world incident that actually required us to think and react. God I hated that job with a passion. Needless to say I got out of the air force because that job would have been my future for many years and I wasn't cut out for it. Best decision I ever made. A GLCM Ranger. Alot of my bosses in ICBM maint were former GLCM Rangers. I retrained into the Command Post and by far is the best job I ever had in the USAF. (Except the suicide crap) You were USAFE and all USAFE CP's suck ass. I haven't heard anyone say anything good about being a USAFE CP controller. Working AWAC's though has been a great experience. I got more real world situation experience in 2 years than I did on my previous 14 years. I am going to be command post in the reserves and after my girls start school I will be doing it full time again. (Hopefully) _________________________ Dave The USAF.....you want your ass kicked too?
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#2503499 - 04/28/08 05:18 AM Re: One Last Shift...... [Re: USAFMTL]
adlabs6 Senior Member Registered: 11/11/04 Loc: Texas, USA	All the best Dave. Thanks, and glad you'll be getting back to your family. _________________________ SimmersPaintShop.com - Skinning Forums, Tutorials, and Downloads for Simulation Fans. My Weblog
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#2503535 - 04/28/08 06:59 AM Re: One Last Shift...... [Re: adlabs6]
FishTaco Member Registered: 12/18/03 Loc: Perth, Western Australia	I salute you Dave! Good of you to give so much to your country, time to take it a bit easier now. make the most of your kids being young! Best wishes from Andrew, Grace, and Zoe. _________________________ Kindest regards, AJ "A woman is just like an aeroplane. You have to treat them very gently, occasionally roughly, but the most important thing is that you must take them to heaven for at least five hours per day".
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