November entry- Johnboy

Hey guys, soory for not writing earlier, but the site would not let me in! But it is all squared away now! November has been eventful and great. School is out for Thanksgiving and X-mas holidays are around the corner, so that is somethinf to look forward to! I had a couple of medical issues but nothing big.  My fault , of course! I am training for the Myrtle Beach marathon in Feb. and was on a leisurely (not) 20 mile run with a buddy and around mile 13 started to feel bad.  Well I gutted it out and when I got home felt worse…nausea, rapid heart rate, etc.  Make a long story short, after a trip to the emergency room ($1200 dollars) I was just severly dehydrated. So word to the wise: drink plenty of fluids before you run for a long time!! My wife was pretty pissed at me (and worried since she was in shreveport) so now I have to drink 1 gallon of water a day or the boss will kick my ass!

We just had our first HQ AFOATS inspection and it went well. Just a few minor gliches in the area of logistics.  Ya gotta be a loggy, personnel weenie and finance geek to do a good job in AFROTC! They go through your books like a UCI and you better have your shit together! So I guess I have a job for another couple of years! Our sister school in Orangeburg didn’t do so well and tehy are on the verge of being shut down. The money is tight and there are plenty of schools out there wanting a unit!

It has been great reading all the comments about teh nuke issues.  I have been in contact with Tom Hestermann the current 20th /CC.  He used to be my co-pilot in the 62nd when I was in stan-eval.  Good guy.  We are haveing a partnership with his squadron so that when they deploy, our Cadets will send  the folks cards and CARE packages to help out.  We are doing teh wsame thing with Cadet Squadron 11 at the Air Force Academy. Hopefully it will make their lives a little better! 

Well guys, have a great rest of the week and I will be on board for next month!!

Cheers

JB

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