Insurgents used to mortar the thing every day. Luckily, it was a very large base and they were very poor shots.

That's not to say we won't hear an aircraft occasionally, but the national standard for noise compatibility remains on the airport.

It's a very rugged country, and the weather can turn rapidly. Sometimes you can see the storms coming, and sometimes you can't.

I had some personal reservations about, 'Can I do the job?' But I had no reservations about being mobilized.

When my unit left, we felt good about what we had done.

Our envy of others devours us most of all