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"Red Rider" wrote in message
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Two were definitely doing it to save their skins. Their secret came out
when
one showed up in the Navy reserves as a Squadron XO (??????) and the
other a
couple of years after that in the Air National Guard that was doing
their
active duty on a joint base. Another one was questionable, but everyone
liked him so I guess he got the benefit of doubt. Also there were
several in
the attack community that I heard about but don't have first hand
knowledge
of.

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Red


I listened disgust to an A-4 driver (Cdr.) in Newport in the summer of
'67 talk about how he was NOT going to make a WestPac and get his ass
shot off. He didn't and later was a CO and CAG while deploying
exclusively to the MED. This jackass eventually made Rear
Admiral...Name started with an S

Yep, that's a fact. But he shouldn't be confused with some that didn't make
the WastPac tour. There were a few that didn't try to avoid WestPac and were
never sent there. (I know of one that had special knowledge of classified
material that was never deployed outside of CONUS in his last 17 years of
service). But other than that, in my humble experience, if someone
volunteered, you better have your bags packed.

One guy made a statement one evening at Happy Hour, how he would like to go
over there and show them how to do things. He claimed that one week later he
had orders. He said he didn't know his new detailer was listening.

--
Red