Nice walk down memory lane....Mine was different because I was an AVROC and my AOCS was split into two 6 week summers - before I had graduated. My first day in INDOC battalion (it was a separate building located away from the other battalions) was the day Bobby Kennedy got shot. June 5, 1968. We learned about it at 5:15 before our run to chow. I was a rising Junior in college. That was also the year MLK jr had been killed, there were campus riots, and now Kennedy was dead while a bunch of people who I didn't know or like were yelling at me 24/7. It was surreal given the circumstances.
And by the way, you don't know what kind of rifle you had?? Let me refresh your memory. It was a "9.4 lb, gas operated, clip-fed, semi automatic shoulder weapon, Maggot!" (An M-1.)
Two "great" summers. And when I graduated from college the following year I received my commission (on USS Constitution in Boston). THEN it was off to flight school .... What a great life!
I always thought that if I did the AVROC thing I wasn’t sure that I’d come back! 🙄. Thanks for the rifle reminder. Probably another thing I’ve probably blocked!
Mike !!! Greetings and thanks David Kriegel class 29-74 great write up !!! You ranked from memory very high in our graduating class Question Did we have any DOR's ? I got my wings Dec 1975 made a 20 year career
Thanks Dave, great to hear from you. Not sure of my ranking but, like you I made it, and was just happy to have done that. I'm sure we had DORs but can't remember numbers. There were certainly guys who didn't make it once we got to flying. My winging was Dec 75 also. Small world. I stayed 25 and retired in 1999. Great times! Take care.
Nice walk down memory lane....Mine was different because I was an AVROC and my AOCS was split into two 6 week summers - before I had graduated. My first day in INDOC battalion (it was a separate building located away from the other battalions) was the day Bobby Kennedy got shot. June 5, 1968. We learned about it at 5:15 before our run to chow. I was a rising Junior in college. That was also the year MLK jr had been killed, there were campus riots, and now Kennedy was dead while a bunch of people who I didn't know or like were yelling at me 24/7. It was surreal given the circumstances.
And by the way, you don't know what kind of rifle you had?? Let me refresh your memory. It was a "9.4 lb, gas operated, clip-fed, semi automatic shoulder weapon, Maggot!" (An M-1.)
Two "great" summers. And when I graduated from college the following year I received my commission (on USS Constitution in Boston). THEN it was off to flight school .... What a great life!
I always thought that if I did the AVROC thing I wasn’t sure that I’d come back! 🙄. Thanks for the rifle reminder. Probably another thing I’ve probably blocked!
Mike !!! Greetings and thanks David Kriegel class 29-74 great write up !!! You ranked from memory very high in our graduating class Question Did we have any DOR's ? I got my wings Dec 1975 made a 20 year career
Thanks Dave, great to hear from you. Not sure of my ranking but, like you I made it, and was just happy to have done that. I'm sure we had DORs but can't remember numbers. There were certainly guys who didn't make it once we got to flying. My winging was Dec 75 also. Small world. I stayed 25 and retired in 1999. Great times! Take care.
Well done Mike - hopefully we can talk about this over a beer or two.