I wish it were so but, as you already know military bases never shutdown so no surprise for me yesterday.
I'm a Tue. - Sat. kind've guy by choice as I'm the
6th (I was 184 when I first went full-time back in OMG Jan 2005 after 10 months as a part timer.) senior member of the guard force I have the pick of my shift and days off, 4 weeks paid vacation (After 6 yrs.), health, vision and dental on top of my military retired benefits and pension and I can assure you we don't get "mall cop" pay either.
Best of all I get to shoot weapons, fight the "
Redman" and still run the obstacle course and rescue that "
darn" idiot
Mr. Sandman who every year manages to find himself strapped into a "
burning" vehicle at the end of the course. Thank God he lost some weight as he used to come in at
180 lbs. now he's down to 150lbs.
Better still I complete the course in a time
2 levels below mine (50 and until you're in the ground
) in other words guys that are up to
40 years younger than me.
Along with our "
sister" base on the West coast, we're the only armed contract civilian guard component in the "DON" and I believe in the DOD.
Hopefully I'll just have
ONLY 4 more Summers left
plus 8 months with the house being already paid off along with the new car coming this year if I'm lucky a nice
Pre-owned Certified Audi A6 or similar. I just want for us to have that "
nice ride" to drive before well riding will be the only thing we do!?!
It sure sounds good to me!
Regards,
Pat
