A_J...
Thanks for the head's up. Just got back from Wichita, where funny enough, I was hanging out with my ole buddy from Q-4 ordnance, while going to the golf tournament. He's an electrician with Bombardier now. When I got up there Thursday night, we popped open the Captain and started into the old stories about WestPac '91 in Iwakuni, Battle Griffin '93, and all the stateside mini-det's. Of course, all his friends wanted to know what the difference was between Marine Air maintenance and the OTHER SERVICES, and I wish I woulda had this story, 'cause in a nutshell this is the difference. Don't care what he does (MOS), whether aircraft maintenance, motor-T, ground electronics, whatever... give a Marine a rifle and he knows what to do when the rounds are incoming. As a matter of fact, I'm gonna fwd that story to my friend.
BTW, how did that EW reunion go?
Later
Sludge