Today was a great day, it was my last day of duty crew! Yea my week of sitting behind the desk is over. I guess I did get to do some neat things this week. I had lunch with Lt Gen North, he is the big boss over here in the Desert. He was cool, he let us (about 30 other officers) get our food first but then he blew it when he started using a lot of fighter lingo. He had some really good insight and I actually learned a few things. Then he toured the squadron and he talked about more things that are pertinent to my job.
Then other DV that I met was (I believe) the Surgeon General for the Air Force, or maybe just CENTCOM. He had lots of questions and I felt he was really interested in what we do. He not only asked about medevac missions but about all of the other things that we do over here.
Then our own base commander, Gen Fields took some time today to ask me how things were going. I thought he was trying to be as thoughtful as he could be, when I told him my sister flew F-15C’s then he stared to listen to what I was saying. Yes he is a fighter dude too.
I expect a few more DV’s to roll through the squadron as it is getting close to Xmas and all the people fighting for votes and in charge always tend to want to shake hands in front of the camera this time of the year. I wonder who else we will see. I have flown many 4 stars and congress men and women around and don’t forget the “Hollywood Stars”. I just missed Chuck Norris, I really would have liked a picture of him doing a round house kick to my head =)
I saw my first movie over here, The Kingdom. It was about the US presence in Saudi Arabia and really fits into what I am doing over here right now. It was odd after the movie was over hearing everyone pick up there M-16s, M-4s ect off the floor. I couldn’t tell if it was still part of the gun battles from the movie or what. For a second I almost forgot I was over here in uniform with a loaded M-9 on my side, but then I was back in reality and the movie was over. One sad thing was that when you looked down the rows of seats there was almost as much trash as you would find in a theater in the states. Just more proof that the military is just another small sample of society and that we are really getting lazy in teaching our kids to pick up after themselves, so disappointing.
Well that’s about it, life in the desert continues I’ll chat later.
Then other DV that I met was (I believe) the Surgeon General for the Air Force, or maybe just CENTCOM. He had lots of questions and I felt he was really interested in what we do. He not only asked about medevac missions but about all of the other things that we do over here.
Then our own base commander, Gen Fields took some time today to ask me how things were going. I thought he was trying to be as thoughtful as he could be, when I told him my sister flew F-15C’s then he stared to listen to what I was saying. Yes he is a fighter dude too.
I expect a few more DV’s to roll through the squadron as it is getting close to Xmas and all the people fighting for votes and in charge always tend to want to shake hands in front of the camera this time of the year. I wonder who else we will see. I have flown many 4 stars and congress men and women around and don’t forget the “Hollywood Stars”. I just missed Chuck Norris, I really would have liked a picture of him doing a round house kick to my head =)
I saw my first movie over here, The Kingdom. It was about the US presence in Saudi Arabia and really fits into what I am doing over here right now. It was odd after the movie was over hearing everyone pick up there M-16s, M-4s ect off the floor. I couldn’t tell if it was still part of the gun battles from the movie or what. For a second I almost forgot I was over here in uniform with a loaded M-9 on my side, but then I was back in reality and the movie was over. One sad thing was that when you looked down the rows of seats there was almost as much trash as you would find in a theater in the states. Just more proof that the military is just another small sample of society and that we are really getting lazy in teaching our kids to pick up after themselves, so disappointing.
Well that’s about it, life in the desert continues I’ll chat later.
This is a pic of a book that I like to read when there is some drone time, yea look for my other blog in my about me page, I am building a plane!
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