US Air Force 1977-1981
I enlisted in the guaranteed job program. You pass all the training and you are promised a certain job. So they turned a short order cook into an air traffic controller. After Basic (Lackland AFB) and tech school (Keesler AFB) my first assignment was Eielson AFB (Fairbanks AK) I drove the ALCAN Hwy in my 1974 Datsun pick-up 1,200 miles of gravel road. I worked in the control tower also along side the FAA guys in the RAPCON.
Then two years at George AFB GCA (Victorville CA) this base is now closed.
I got out in April 1981. President Reagan fired 11,000+ FAA controllers August 1981. I was hired by the FAA in November 1981 and retired in January 2011.
Needless to say but enlisting was the best move I ever made.
Larry
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