Truisms
The next two Blog posts I will submit are a piece of ancient history. They are two articles I wrote for the Air Force Comptroller magazine. The first is from…
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April 13, 2025
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World’s Best Geography Class
Not much narrative on this story. But I wanted to illustrate, while my memory is still essentially intact, what a fantastic geography lesson I received from the US Air Force…
April 8, 2025
A Helluva Mission
It’s 1963 at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. I’m a 24-year old Air Force lieutenant airlift navigator from Flushing, Queens, New York City. In other woids, I don’t know…
November 15, 2024
Children- Part Two
Hi again, folks. You may have wondered why I stopped my “ Children” story in 1974, just at the end of our tour in Denver, Colorado. I think I just…
October 5, 2024
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Hugo Ahead. I’ll Stay Here and Wait for the Hurricane.
In every person’s life there are dates or events that leave an indelible mark; and that shape their life opinions, beliefs, and very personalities. Those are dates for which everyone…
October 1, 2024
The Best Week of the Best Year
In the summer of 1980, Lt Col Don Scooler (moi), his wife, Marjorie and their three children, Christine(14), Jim(13), and Jeffrey(9) had the super fortune to be assigned to attend…
September 6, 2024
OMG 60 Years!! The First Ten
On August 29, Marjorie and I celebrated our 60th wedding anniversary. In this story I’m gonna try to capture the main gist of the first ten years of the roller…
September 3, 2024
My Wake Up Call
Sometimes you’re lucky enough to get a “wake-up” call when your life is a little off track. Mine came early in life when I was burning both ends of the…
July 27, 2024
Flexibility is the Key to Air Power
Due to overwhelming popular demand (another grandkid asked), here is another truism that has helped me navigate through 85 years of this journey called life. “Flexibility is the Key to…
June 19, 2024
Two Unsung Vietnam Heroes
From 1965 to 1967, at the height of the Vietnam conflict, I served as a C-141 Starlifter navigator. That aircraft, the C-141, is the first unsung hero of this posting.…
June 11, 2024