Quote Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny
Wise words. Even in the Marines and army most people are not grunts. When I joined I was what they call aviation garrunteed. In other words I was garrunteed to be in the airwing. No 20 mile humps and no people shooting at this boy. Or so I thought But really most of my time was spent going to school. I went to aviation school teaching you the basics of aviation, then basic electronics school. After that they gave you a choice of MOSs by your place in the class. In other words those with the highest ranking(me ) get first pick of the available spots.I chose photo recon. So it was off to Pensacola for 4 monthas of basic photography and then advance photgraphy school. Your then sent to a squadron for some OJT. Every few months its off to another school like a systems school on the particular systems used in Your MOS and aircraft. So after all this electronics and potography trainingg what did I do when I got out? I went right back to the same old job I had before I went in. Being a projectionist. Really dumb of me now that I look back on it. Nothing prepares you better for a good job in civilian life than the military. Id like to add that no matter what branch you choose I am proud of you for offering your services to our country.

Oh man I cant believe what I just found. My eyes are tearing up as I post this. Heres one of my birds I used to work on. Man I was all over this thing.
Good old double nuts.



Brings back many fond memeories. Well this has given me the idea for another thread.
My Dad worked on F-4's during Nam.

I miss the life sometimes..