BK>>>>  Actually, in the Air Force, our units were seldom deployed.

 BA> SAC deployed people, not units.  In the 60s it was
 BA> (in)famous for its 179 day TDYs from the states to Okinawa,
 BA> Guam and U-Tapao (Thailand).  Why 179 days? Because if it
 BA> was 180 days or longer they had to give you credit for the
 BA> time spent overseas - and you only had to be in the CONUS
 BA> long enough to unpack before they could (and sometimes
 BA> would) send you off on another 179 day TDY.

 My only TDYs were for school.

 BA> [snip]

 BK>>  I volunteered world wide. Really wanted Europe. Never left the

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 BA> I spent a bit over 3 months at Clark AB (Philippines), 6
 BA> years at Kadena (Okinawa) and a year at Nakhon Phanom
 BA> (Thailand).  All of that between the end of December, 1964,
 BA> and July of 1972.  Then I finally got a stateside
 BA> assignment (spent 11.5 years in various jobs at Offutt,
 BA> added two stripes and retired in 1983).

 So, you are saying, had I reenlisted I would have gotten to
 go more places? Well... maybe I should have... nah.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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