Actual reply right after my name. George A
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronn!Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 1:07 PM Subject: List of Veterans on the List (was Re: Veterans (was Veterans Bushwhacked)) > At 04:41 PM 11/15/03 -0500, Bryon Daly wrote: > >>From: Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>At 04:36 PM 11/15/03 +0900, G. D. Akin wrote: > >>>>How many veterans on the list? > >>>> > >>>>I'll start the count at 1. > >>> > >>> > >>>2. > >> > >>3 > > > >Not me. (Though my wife, father, step-father, 2 brothers-in-law, and many > >of our friends and family are). I'm just chiming in to suggest maybe > >adding what branch of the service you were in, as well. > > > > How's this? (Feel free to add names or details as appropriate): > > > 1. G. D. Akin USAF, 30 years, 8 months, 23 day (says so right on my retirement orders!) 10 years, 8 months, E1-E5 doing what is now called the Crytologic Linuguist Career field; I was a Chinese and Korean linguist in the intelligence business. Then I got my commission, trading Chinese and Korean for Fortran, Pascal, COBOL, etc. and spent the rest of my career as a communications-computer officer. Retired Oct 1st 2000. > 2. Ronn! Blankenship > > USAF, O1 - O2, 1976-1979, Systems Engineer (= "responsible for > miscellaneous stuff no one could put a name to"), 6514th Test Squadron > (later 6545th Test Group), which was responsible for the testing of > unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including all three versions of cruise > missiles (air-launched AGM-86/ALCM, sea-launched "Tomahawk", and > ground-launched GLCM) as well as some early versions of some of the stuff > used in Iraq in 1991 and recently. Got out a bit early to go back to > school and work on my doctorate after I determined that being in the USAF > wasn't going to guarantee me a slot in the astronaut program, either . . . > > > 3. Doug Pensinger > > Sub sailor, USS Narwhal, SSN 671, Nuke fast attack, based in New London and > in the yards in Charlston. E6 Sonar Tech, 1974 to 1980. > > > 4. Damon Agretto > > > > > -- Ronn! :) > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
