Osan Air Base, South Korea, 1993-94. Lotte World.
Basic Military Training, Lackland AFB, Texas, 1980. While every second of your life belongs to Uncle Sam at Boot Camp, there were some very limited times of liberty. And I took that advantage in trying to look for my sister who was a permanent party nurse at the "other" side of the base. I came across an open dayroom window and inside were girls playing pool, I managed to get the attention of one of them and asked if they knew my sister. She said "no, but I can be your sister", and the other girls started giggling. Decisions, decisions, I had to be back at the dorm by 2200 hrs or face a firing squad, I went back...damn!
Basic Military Training, Lackland AFB, Texas, 1980. We were all young, and it seems like you could easily spot the recruit at the airport, the faces of fear were everywhere. The late night bus ride to "Boot Camp" was so quiet you could hear a flea`s flea cut a silent one. And as the bus doors swung open as we stopped in front of the dorm, the distinctive sound of taps on shoes coming closer and closer to the bus meant that one thing Hollywood movies and stories had embedded into our innocent minds...that physical abuse, torture, death, and the worse thing of all; a foul mouth, was something God specifically created on the 8th day; a "DRILL INSTRUCTOR"!. Hollywood...pffffff.
Basic Military Training, Lackland AFB, Texas, 1980. My Sister.
United States Air Force Thunderbirds
Osan Air Base, South Korea, 1993-94.
Osan Air Base, South Korea, 1993-94. Lotte World.
Clark Air Base, Philippines, 1988-1991. Your first car is like your first date, you never forget about her. In 1988 I was one of the lucky ones to be stationed where the MANY wanted to be stationed at, Clark Air Base in the "P I". And best of all being single was a THE advantage for maximum "FUNNAGE"!. I got my new V-6 Toyota 4Runner from Guam and had it shipped to Subic. And from then on, many fun, unforgettable, and sometimes risky adventures throughout the Philippines with my "special" passengers my "Toyang" was there to deliver and never failed. http://www.fadedphotoshop.com/, "for stay right here, for these are the good old days, these are the good old days"-Carly Simon, Anticipation.
Raptor!
Osan Air Base, South Korea, 1993-94. Lotte World.
Osan Air Base, South Korea, 1993-94. Lotte World.
Osan Air Base, South Korea, 1993-94. Lotte World.
See photo in original gallery.