tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post4898924081587974267..comments2024-03-28T22:08:48.577-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Ma Vie Militaire - Okinawa (Part One)OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-60152324327557347472013-07-05T07:33:53.743-07:002013-07-05T07:33:53.743-07:00Double heh.Double heh.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-24173122839893204522013-07-04T19:09:42.289-07:002013-07-04T19:09:42.289-07:00and nice AMC Pacer , too!and nice AMC Pacer , too!Greg Peaveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00983526350040615801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-56827818221503434622013-07-04T16:17:01.186-07:002013-07-04T16:17:01.186-07:00Heh.Heh.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-16099402773152247082013-07-04T13:10:19.606-07:002013-07-04T13:10:19.606-07:00Great story. I dunno why but it always makes me sm... Great story. I dunno why but it always makes me smile when I read about other peoples aggravations ( your 'dipwad, a$$hole Tech. Sgt...waiting forever to be picked up..etc etc).... I'll never be confused for Mother Teresa.Greg Peaveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00983526350040615801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-62741542745526956862013-07-02T15:58:56.336-07:002013-07-02T15:58:56.336-07:00I never did get an assignment to the UK. Did spend...I never did get an assignment to the UK. Did spend a nice week in London with the WSO though.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-30417716775711527372013-07-02T15:35:43.000-07:002013-07-02T15:35:43.000-07:00I think that was in 1980.
I was LONG gone from Yo...<i> I think that was in 1980.</i><br /><br />I was LONG gone from Yokota, bein' in Ol' Blighty in mid-1980 after assignments to NoDak (ptui!) and North Bend, OR (Yays!).Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-72744950312909913962013-07-02T11:58:09.746-07:002013-07-02T11:58:09.746-07:00The MAC terminal at Kadena was popular for many of...The MAC terminal at Kadena was popular for many of the reasons you state.<br /><br />They had good burgers too as I recall.<br /><br />I did the NCO Leadership School thang at Yokota, I think that was in 1980. Damn but that was a long time ago.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-86944206843158891522013-07-02T10:48:46.644-07:002013-07-02T10:48:46.644-07:00In February of 1976 I landed in Japan.
I was stat...<i>In February of 1976 I landed in Japan.</i><br /><br />I was stationed just down the road a piece at Yokota, but I was in the midst of a four-month TDY to Chiang Mai at that very moment. It's entirely possible we MAY have seen each other in the ensuing year... but highly improbable... as I transited Okinawa a couple o' times in route to other garden spots on the Pacific Rim. We always seemed to spend a few hours in the MAC terminal... on one occasion a full day... waiting for a "connecting flight," and I use the term VERY loosely.<br /><br />I dunno about you, but my buds and I used to go down to the MAC terminal at Yokota for coffee about twice a day, mainly coz (a) it was a short walk from our shop on the flight line (don't ask why an E&I outfit had a shop on the flight line, but we DID) and (b) the scenery was pretty good in the terminal. It might could have been different at Kadena. So: possible, ne?Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-15590453911502674982013-07-02T08:08:04.170-07:002013-07-02T08:08:04.170-07:00Ah yes, MATS was the predecessor to MAC. Now that ...Ah yes, MATS was the predecessor to MAC. Now that I think about it, I believe MAC became AMC, the Air Mobility Command. I'm guessing because the Military Airlift Command sounded too butch. My belief is that when they changed SAC to STRATCOM and TAC to whatever it became they had to change MAC. We had SAC, TAC and MAC, changed two names why not change all three. Probably kepy 1500 staffers in the Pentagon busy for at least 3 years!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36546335978572560822013-07-02T07:24:54.394-07:002013-07-02T07:24:54.394-07:00My one flight, courtesy of the gov't, was MATS...My one flight, courtesy of the gov't, was MATS (Military Air Transport Service), from Travis to Hickham.<br />Arrived Hickham at 11pm was finally delivered to my ship at around 10am the next day.<br />On the plus side, the AF put me up in a transit barracks for the night and fed me breakfast in the morning.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.com