On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 23:27:53 GMT, Pete wrote:
Yes. Every base I was at, I ran into someone I knew somewhere before.
My second time in Saudi we transferred our operations from a trailer right
on the flightline of Riyadh AB to the Southwest Asia/Joint Intelligence
Center (SWA/JIC) out near the RSAF headquarters at USMTM.
My supervisor (deployed all the way from Alaska) was amazed at how many
people I kept running into from my assignment at Clark AB in the
Philippines. It became a running joke with us.
I remember one day when the Navy had an EP-3 static display set up for
anyone with a green badge (SCI security clearance) and Ed (my supervisor)
and I went over to take a look. The guy briefing the aircraft was a
Lieutenant/O-3 who really knew his ****. He gave the impression that he
could've sat any position on the aircraft and done the job.
As he's giving us the briefing he kept giving me a funny look. He finally
interrupted himself and goes, "Say, don't I know you from the PI? Didn't
you used to work mid-shift CQ sometimes for the Double Deuce (Double Deuce
being the 6922nd Electronic Security Squadron)?
The look on Ed's face was priceless as I realized I recognized the
Lieutenant as a former Watch Officer from the Navy side of the house, yet
another person I used to know from the Philippines.
A different service, a different country, in the back-end of an EP-3
reconnaissance aircraft. Yes, it's a small world.
-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com
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