US Air Force grounds combat planes

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Were you around for the Clinton drawdown? I was. It's THE reason I'm a civilian today. It took a long time to accept that my lifes ambition of being a career NCO was no more.

I had a good punch in the gut when i was in contact with an old buddy from the Horse, a year or two back. She was a SrA when I knew her, and last i heard from her, she was a SMsgt working at the pentagon. Christ almighty.

I missed that by about one full year.Several of the civilian GS instructors had careers cut short and most of the junior and senior NCOS had survived it.

I went ahead and got a B.S. degree ASAP.I guess things work out in the end though.Most people would not be where they are now if not for something outside of their control.That can be a good or bad thing depending on the person and situation I recon.I do not have any regrets.I liked things about the military but I also like not having to deal with "the suck".