I will beg all of your indulgence while I celebrate a little. My older boy was just promoted to Master Sergeant USAF. His Maintence Group are the gang that keeps the mighty B-52 bombers in the air. His mother and I are pretty proud.
When I was turning wrenches on B-52s in the late 60s our shop supervisor was MSGT Van Hoy. A great guy who treated his troops well and knew how to motivate them. After I stood Christmas duty in 1966 he drove me 140 miles to Wichita Falls so I could catch a flight to Houston to be with my family for a day-late Christmas. He had me fill out leave papers for 4 days off that he tore up when I got back on time and without getting in trouble while I was gone.
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I'm glad you shared this with us. Master Sergeant in a Maintenance Group is difficult to achieve. Please pass our Congratulations.🫡
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Congrats. I know that promotions in Air Force to not come easy. My brother spent 23 years in the USAF and retired as and E8 in admin. I spent 3 in the Army and left as an E5 but that was during Vietnam.
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Mike - Congrats to your son and his parents too! You are right to be proud of his accomplishment (it takes a lot to get there) and your own in helping him get there!
Hope you will get the opportunity to participate in his pinning ceremony.
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Congrats! Senior NCOs run the USAF, just like the other services. The officers are just there to hog all the glory! Jerry (USAF 1967-75)
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Congrats indeed. E-7 is an accomplishment in any service.
Originally Posted by Hotrod Lincoln
The officers are just there to hog all the glory! Jerry (USAF 1967-75)
In the Air Force, Jerry. In the Marine Corps, Officers just sign for stuff, stand CDO duties and other really glamorous things (like certifying Pachinko machines at the E Club ...) while the NCO's and Warrant Officers do all the fun stuff.
But at least I got a cool sword.
~ John
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Thank you all! After this past week, a reminder of just how lucky we are to have our service men and women protecting us from others that would think nothing of taking our hard earned freedoms from us.
