Jon Sanders:  

A few weeks after graduation I was off to Air Force basic training in San Antonio, TX. Got a sweet haircut and some cool clothes that smelled like moth balls. The staff there was VERY welcoming, lots of kind words and plenty of hugs. They kind of give the impression that they don't really like you. It actually was an experience that I would never give back After basic I was sent to "tech school" which was still in TX. This is where you get your initial job training. Which for me was aircraft maintenance. While there I ran into Chad LaValley(also in mechanic trng) and Tim Riddle (water treatment). Never so happy to see familiar faces. Hugs may have actually taken place, however counciling will soon blot out those memories. Upon graduating tech school I recieved my duty assignment to Travis AFB. which is in Nor Cal between San Francisco and Sacramento. It's funny, growing up in So Cal I thought,,"sweet, it should be gorgeous up there, a little airstrip surrounded by nothing but Redwood trees." WRONG!! How about rice patty marshes, farmlands, and lots of wind. Oh yeah and a rash that only a perscription could clear up.(joking) At Travis I was a Crew Chief on the C-5 Galaxy, which is a large cargo carrier. The one that lowers to the ground and the front and rear ...Expand for more