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Had a "Feel Good" moment today
Rocky Raab
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Was out driving and a motorcycle pulled up behind me. He must have seen my "Combat Veteran US Air Force" decal because he pulled up next to me and gave me a big, crisp salute. Warmed my heart, for sure.
I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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Good for you. Thank you for your service sir.
Well done, well deserved.
Rocky, what rank were you, warrant or commissioned?
Several years ago I was sitting in my car waiting for the better half and a young man came up and knocked on the window and thanked me for my service, he saw my Vietnam Veterans tag almost brought to tears.
thank you rocky for your service.
will add thank you to all of you that have or are serving most people have no clue the time and pride it takes to do give part of your life If not all for the country.
they're still a lot of good people in the world and far more than bad but being good does not sell news
I use to feel a bit awkward about telling a stranger thank you for your service.
but all the veteran's I knew and have worked with told me it is nice to be recognized and thanked so take a couple minutes and let them know
I make special effort to say thank you to our older vets If I see them wearing a hat of jacket denoting WWII service.
not that the older are better than current or later vets, all are equal in my eyes . all deserve way more JMHO I just feel they went many years with out being recognized for their service and may not be around much longer
I see a lot more respect and thanks to the vets now than I did ten years ago.
Yes, it's a 180 reversal from the way we Vietnam vets were treated back then. More than welcome now, but the pain from then will never go away.
Joe, in the USAF, you have to be an officer to be a pilot. I retired as a Lt Col after 23 years, just about 50/50 active and Reserve.
I flew the Cessna O-2A as a Forward Air Controller. 300 combat missions.
Marc Christensen was the biggest fan of my books, may he rest in peace.
Sorta. what he flew was a Cessna 337, which was the civilian version. The military O-2 was heavily modified. Here's an O-2...
Geez, how the mind falters. Yes, I did.
Twice, apparently, LOL!
PM sent.
Rocky, I for one greatly appreciate your service to our country. I am very thankful you flew and put yourself in harms way. Thank you sir.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Not all served in the military. You may (or may not!) have worked over top of some of these guys, @Rocky Raab .
I have the honor of knowing one of the men that flew these missions and worked with the Hmong tribesmen.
I did not fly Laos, only Cambodia. Laos was the purview of the CIA under what was called the "Steve Canyon" program after a popular comic strip of the time. The CIA was whacknuts back then but at least they were pro-America then. Pilots flew under the callsign Raven and it is thought that one in three died doing it.
I was approached to join that program near the end of my tour. I declined.
Rocky, I've got your first two books (autographed of course).
Did you finish the third book? If so, I'd like to get a personal copy as well.
BTW... Rocky also was the "Voice of NASA" performing the count-downs on several launches.
There won't be a third book. I started it, but the trials and tribulations of an instructor pilot in Columbus, Mississippi just didn't come up to the level of the first two.
Noted.