As freshman in college I bugged out in my second semester and joined the United States Air Force. You see all my life I had wanted to be an astronaut. With memories of “The Right Stuff” in my head, I thought the Air Force was the easy way to my goal. For the record, I was an intelligent idiot – I should have finished college first, but I was impatient and if the truth be known I was just plain tired of school and punching a clock and I was ready for a change. If you don’t know me personally, I am (more…)
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Veterans Day 2010
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War is Over (If You Want It)
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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Really?
The Senate Armed Services Committee has recently been holding hearings concerning a possible repeal of the ban on gays serving openly in the military. This is currently a hot button issue and appears to be divided down party lines (again) with Democrats giving lip service for the repeal while many Republicans are issuing dire, apocalyptic warnings against it. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) recently expressed his concern that repealing the rule would pave the way for allowing “alcohol use, adultery, fraternization, and body art” in the military — and that the army must “exclude persons whose presence in the armed forces would create (more…)
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USAF Discharge (1991)
A short narrative about the following documents: I entered an enlistment in the United States Air Force in June 1990. During basic training I was assigned to the Drum and Bugle Corps. Afterward, I was stationed at Lowry AFB, in Colorado for Space Systems Electronics Training. During my stay at Lowry, I visited a base counselor because my new wife and I were having troubles at home. She “outed” me to the counselor. He was actually a kind and respectful man. This is an issue I would not discuss because it embarrassed me and I still didn’t know what exactly (more…)
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