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Posted on July 22, 2012 by Sandy Collier Posted in Uncategorized .

I was busy running around this morning getting the last of my suitcase packed up for my vacation that starts today, heading back East to see the family.

It was much earlier than I normally get up (around 5:15 a.m.) and as I glance out the front window I  see the dark clouds floating around the blue/black sky with the street lights casting a warm glow.  I’m not outside but I can feel the quiet and I’m transported back in time.

I’m 20 years old and in Air Force Basic Training marching around with my troop at dawn with the dark clouds and that same blue/black sky, the street lights casting their warm glow.  The air is so quiet and the only sounds you hear are a hundred pairs of combat boots hitting the pavement.

I marched out into the living room and shouted to Dale (*) Road Guards Out.”

I love that we have a shared history and he gets that, it made me smile this morning.

* This is something the Drill Sargent would yell out and two soldiers would run up to the upcoming street crossing with their flashlights with the Star Wars green laser covers so we could cross the street in safety.  The funny thing was there was never any traffic this damn early.

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3 Responses

  1. Mom says
    July 22, 2012 at 11:42 am

    I like hearing things about your past that I didn’t know, of course I knew about the Air force it’s the things that happened during that time.

  2. Dale says
    July 23, 2012 at 5:17 am

    That was pretty Funny when you said that! Yeah, that was one of the LAMEST things about initial Air Force training. It felt like being in Kindergarten… And WHY did we have to get up that early anyway? I wonder if they have “Road Guards” in Afghanistan…?

  3. Sandy says
    July 23, 2012 at 6:29 pm

    Yeah I’m sure they do but their carrying AK47’s.

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