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Current Service Status
USAF Retired
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Current/Last Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
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Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1525E-Navigator-Bombardier
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Current/Last AFSC Group
Aircrew
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Primary Unit
1986-1991, 323rd Flying Training Wing (Staff)
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Previously Held AFSC/MOS
1531A-Navigator
1525Z-Navigator-Bombardier
1525C-Navigator-Bombardier
1521D-Bombardier
1525B-Bombardier
2225A-Air Operations Officer
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Service Years
1969 - 1991
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1969-1970, 1531A, 3536th Navigator Training Squadron (Cadre)
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1970-1971, 1525Z, Air Training Command
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1971-1971, 1525C, Strategic Air Command (SAC)
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1971-1975, 1521D, 337th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy
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1971-1975, 1525B, 96th Bomb Wing
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1976-1980, 1525E, 449th Flying Training Squadron (Cadre)
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1980-1985, 2225A, 715th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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1980-1985, 509th Bombardment Wing, Medium
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1986-1991, 323rd Flying Training Wing (Staff)
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Reflections on Lt Col McTernan's
US Air Force Service
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PLEASE DESCRIBE WHO OR WHAT INFLUENCED YOUR DECISION TO JOIN THE AIR FORCE.
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The Draft
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WHETHER YOU WERE IN THE SERVICE FOR SEVERAL YEARS OR AS A CAREER, PLEASE DESCRIBE THE DIRECTION OR PATH YOU TOOK. WHERE DID YOU GO TO BASIC TRAINING AND WHAT UNITS, BASES, OR SQUADRONS WERE YOU ASSIGNED TO? WHAT WAS YOUR REASON FOR LEAVING?
To first avoid the draft to avoid having to serve in foxholes and get shot. Did not have good enough eyesight to be a pilot so off to Navigator school for me.
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IF YOU PARTICIPATED IN ANY MILITARY OPERATIONS, INCLUDING COMBAT, HUMANITARIAN AND PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS, PLEASE DESCRIBE THOSE WHICH MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON YOU AND, IF LIFE-CHANGING, IN WHAT WAY?
Yes Bullet Shot in 1972 All B-52 D models to the Viet Nam theather Linebacker II December 1972 All B-52's in theather to Hanoi Milk Run to Vinh north of the DMZ 4 Jan 1973 Navigator on last B-52 to be shot down in the Viet Nam conflict Check out this address https://www.amazon.com/Into-Hostile-Skies-Paul-Novak/dp/1492185132/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1486075674&sr=1-1&keywords=into+hostile+skies
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WHAT PROFESSION DID YOU FOLLOW AFTER YOUR MILITARY SERVICE AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW? IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY SERVING, WHAT IS YOUR PRESENT OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY?
What else Human Resources.
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IN WHAT WAYS HAS SERVING IN THE MILITARY INFLUENCED THE WAY YOU HAVE APPROACHED YOUR LIFE AND YOUR CAREER? WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST ABOUT YOUR TIME IN THE SERVICE?
DWYSYWD
Do what you say you will do
And Be on time for meetings and deadlines
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BASED ON YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES, WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO THOSE WHO HAVE RECENTLY JOINED THE AIR FORCE?
Stay under the RADAR
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IN WHAT WAYS HAS TOGETHERWESERVED.COM HELPED YOU REMEMBER YOUR MILITARY SERVICE AND THE FRIENDS YOU SERVED WITH.
To share what few have experience and to thank all the professionals that allowed me to do my job.
And that rescue from the the South China Sea on 4 Jan 73 was pretty darn sweet too..........................
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