Forty-four years ago today I was at Fort Jackson, SC to
enter the United States Air Force. After physicals and
the oath, we flew to San Antonio, TX then by bus to
Lackland AFB. Our Officer Training School class was so
large that several squadrons were on Lackland main base
(including me) while most were at Medina.
Rather than sleeping we in-processed all morning. We had
a full day of PT and cleaning our "new" 3-man rooms. We
finally got "lights out" about midnight.
For the next 12 weeks we marched, had PT, had classes on
leadership and everything military and cleaned everything.
Our new haircuts made shampooing quick and easy - which
was good since we were only allowed a few seconds.
"Gentlemen, the time is 0530. All overhead lights ON. The
uniform of the day is 1505s".
The graduation parade was 17 Nov 67 for over 1000 new 2nd
Lieutenants. My parents pinned on bars labeled "Mom" and
"Pop" - strictly forbidden.
Instead of Vietnam I went to Columbia, MO for graduate
school in math, Colorado Springs, CO for NORAD, and a
classified location in Australia.
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