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DH & I got married halfway thru his UPT, on a 3 day holiday weekend -- 40 years ago. I was a year behind in AFROTC so getting married was a priority after I graduated so we could try to line up my assignment to his plane drop. Back then there were a bunch of us on admin hold for assignments...

Saw DH in ROTC my freshman year, his sophomore year, but basically just knew who each other was. The following year we actually talked to one another, but didn't date until the year after that -- his senior year, my junior year. Got engaged while he was waiting to go to UPT during my senior...

remember, their letters are written at a point in time - and right then things could suck, and writing down their complaints/gloominess can lift their spirits and then they move onto something else and they forget about what they wrote to you. They are not alone in their feelings of gloom but...

did you test yourself for Covid?

Recently returned from England from dog sitting the grand-dog. Getting a dog seemed like a great idea to our DS, until he got tasked with multiply TDY's recently and asked for help so he didn't have to board him so much. Was nice to go to England and have a place to stay, but would have loved...

USAFA offers more than a degree, much of it the experiences offered. What does your son want for his college experience -- regular college with AFROTC, or the immersed military environment with amazing opportunities USAFA offers? USAFA cadets ranked highly can go onto grad school right after...

Bill Andrews -- a great guy, gone too soon. DH flew with him at Luke - though he was known to us as "BA"

normally their exemplar is announced during recognition, but correct, the dinner is Fall C3C year

Who is their exemplar?

I remember it like yesterday (and it was 12 years ago) -- phone call from DS that Saturday evening -- "Hi Mom! I'm casually strolling across the Tzo in CIVILIAN clothes going to get something to eat with my friends. It feels so good!"

from previous post on CRO and there are others on the forum -- you can search for them https://www.serviceacademyforums.com/index.php?threads/combat-rescue-officer.56073/#post-558060 Some of the training requirements have changed in recent years - every evolving standards for PT test, and they...

when DS was at USAFA his was 1-3 and it was a good thing. It was good to get out of his Doolie squad and into a new one and be stable for 3 years. He remained GOOD friends with a lot of his Doolie squadmates but wasn't tied to them and really absorbed into his new squad; being there C3C year...

DS's sponsors were big Colorado Rockies fans. I called the Rockies to see if they sold 3 game packs of tickets like the Nationals did at the time. The Rockies did not, but they told me I could purchase "Rockies money" which our sponsors could use to purchase any game ticket and also use for...

Our 1999 Suburban with 230k died the end of October. We knew it was dying so we'd been talking to the Chevy dealer about a new Traverse, so we were ready to order one as soon as the 2022's specs came out. Seems like dealers only want to order Black or White cars and we didn't want that so we...

I have word doc with all the addresses we have lived at since college with dates; added to it all the address of where my kids lived during college and afterwards. DS who is AF Doc now getting TSC and called with the "mom, do you have the addresses of where I've lived for the past 10 years"