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Recovery – Up to Hazelden

Posted on 14/02/2013 by Bobo

Sue took me to De-troit Metro Airport the next day.  I was somewhat scared, in shock, hopeful and whipped.  A lot of emotions raging.  I didn’t want to drink, but I was uneasy as hell… I had been told to … Continue reading →

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Flying “Tweets”

Posted on 14/02/2013 by Bobo

The T-37 was our primary jet trainer when I went through UPT (Undergraduate Pilot Training). It was built by Cessna, and served its function well as our primary jet trainer, at the time.  It may have been ‘slow,’ (in relative … Continue reading →

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The “Blue Room”

Posted on 14/02/2013 by Bobo

One of the things I have been exceptional at in my life is, unintentionally finding bars!  Go figure.  I have done it all my life. In 1964-’65 or so, we had to go down to Wright-Pat AFB, OH for our … Continue reading →

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Introduction to “Military Brats” – 4

Posted on 14/02/2013 by Bobo

“Who would have thought we were in the process of creating a brand new culture in America?  Who could have known that our pain and our joy would produce such an extraordinary testament as that produced by those eighty veterans … Continue reading →

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UPT Student Critiques

Posted on 13/02/2013 by Bobo

As students finished up they were offered the opportunity to submit Flight Line Critiques.  I took over “O” Flight in the 25th FTS in Feb ’76.  The class we had at the time was about a third of the way … Continue reading →

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Current Events: “Obama aims to shrink US nuclear arsenal”

Posted on 12/02/2013 by Bobo

This comes from a report on “The Daily Caller,” by Neil Munro on 11/2/2013.  He in turn, quotes a New York Times article on the same subject.  Okay… Is ‘Dear Leader’ a moron?  I do not think we need to … Continue reading →

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Introduction to “Military Brats” – 3

Posted on 12/02/2013 by Bobo

“I think being a military brat is one of the strangest and most interesting ways to spend an American childhood.  The military brats of America are an invisible, unrecognized tribe, a federation of brothers and sisters bound by common experience, … Continue reading →

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Recovery – Calling for Help…

Posted on 12/02/2013 by Bobo

After talking with Susan, and Adrian, I called out union rep who worked in our pilot assistance program, and I asked for help.  Now mind you, I didn’t just come out and say, ‘I needed help;’ I took the more … Continue reading →

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Recovery – The Beginning

Posted on 11/02/2013 by Bobo

I didn’t get a “scholarship” to the program of recovery from alcoholism.  No DUIs, not court-ordered, nor any ‘work-related issues,’ nor ‘wife-ordered’ – I was just ‘sick-n-tired of being sick-n-tired.’  I would get up in the mornings, or at that … Continue reading →

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Introduction to “Military Brats” – 2

Posted on 11/02/2013 by Bobo

“Until Mary Edwards Wertsch’s remarkable book Military Brats, no one in this country ever had the decency or took the time to thank us for our service to our country.  This book is both a love letter and a troubled … Continue reading →

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