I was on base in Minot ND doing some work for the base commander at his office. I remember hearing something and looking up at the TV and seeing the first tower on fire. The base commander made a call to SF/MP "upgrade ThreatCon to Delta. This is not an exercise. I repeat ThreatCon Delta is not an exercise!" and closed the base down. He told us to pack it up and report back to our Shop and await further instructions. He said "I just know this is not an accident" Seemed about 30 sec later the second plane hit.
Regardless of peoples support or opinions I do not regret anything other than getting out to soon. I got to be part of the surge, Battle of Baghdad, OEF, OIF, OSW, and so much more.
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Andrew
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