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Culpeper
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No. I wasn't called back up to punish the USAF. The grandson is graduating on Thursday. I told him I would travel the road to Texas to see him. I do have a selfish reason though. I have never seen a mass formation parade. Was in a few. But never saw one from the outside.

The semi-cool thing is he is kinda tracing my path. Delayed enlistment during August. Went active duty December. Graduating January. Tech school to Sheppard AFB. All forty-six years apart. Jeez. Now I really do have both feet inside the town limits of Geezerville.

I tried to get him to consider the Marines but his mind was made up.
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Congratulations! I wish your Grandson the Best!

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Hi Culpeper,

Congrats as well to your grandson!!!

Hope all goes well with his tech school training...do you know what his AFSC/job will be? I myself had spent 13 months receiving my phase I and II medical lab training at Sheppard AFB.

Like you, I've always loved a large and precisely executed military formation/parade...sends shivers through my spine!

Have a safe trip and enjoy your time with your newly minted USAF warrior.

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Here is a pic of the coin ceremony. This dog and pony show is a recent development in the last twenty years. The weather was great.
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A lot of new buildings for the trainees. These things are monsters.
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Wow! They had only a few of those thousand man dorms when I was there in March 1972.
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