Cadets/510
I have been thinking for a long time how I was going to word this post. This is about the single most important decision I have ever made in my life as almost everything that I value has come of it. In 1976/1977 I joined the cadet program. Now make no mistake when I did it I had no illusions about a career as a soldier or airman. I had no aspirations to fly. I was chasing a girl I had become infatuated with that I had met earlier and figured if a haircut was all it would take to get close to her then so be it. Alas, Karen Greeley never saw me as a legitimate suitor. But my life was changed forever. Understand I was a kid with baggage. My father and I had no real relationship at the time to speak of, (see earlier posts) and my Mother was starting to struggle with Multiple Sclerosis. She was up to her eyeballs with three teens and a toddler and a husband who had challenges of his own. She alone was trying to hold it all together. (And to her credit she was!) ...