Quote: Quote: you park your car by the side of the road to watch the jets take off at the nearby air base many years after you used to sneak as close to the flight line as possible to watch the jets take off when you were a kid living on the base. you have reel to reel tapes corresponding with your father when he was in Vietnam.

Quote: . . . you remember Flutag at Ramstein Air Base and then being disappointed by the civilian air shows. ....going to a air show at miramar and crying on the tar-mac when the jets took off and watching the amazement on your two year old daughters face. .....being angry when your dad retired, but then thanking him at his memorial service for all the traveling his job allowed us to do. ....having a nanny in africa and speaking french at 4. ....feeling sorry for all the other americans who never got how important it was to have a strong military. ....thinking your father was invincible, because he did survive two wars (vietnam and cambodia) ....having silk clothes made for you in bankok and your head rubbed for good luck by the vietnamese who thought you were good luck (blonde hair kind of sticks out there) .....being proud of my dad when other soldiers saluted him and said good morning major johnson. ....going to the officers club for brunch and living off base in a little german town and having german friends. How lucky all of us have been, whether enlisted in the military or just going along for the ride; we all have seen so much!