"Are you ready to defend freedom, fly all over the world, meet interesting and exotic people, kill them and break their crap?"

( SIR, YES SIR! )

Used to drive a Cadillac...
Now I'm marchin' there and back...

( the daily grind )

Author's Note: I had intended to write about our daily schedule next, and I actually have most of that section written out, but not all of it makes sense unless you understand the gear that we're carrying around. Thus, this section. Also, disclaimer: I'm recalling all this from a couple months after the fact, so dates and sequences may not be ( Read more... )

"Mama, mama, look at me...
What the Air Force did to me..."

( the beginning )