Had a "Feel Good" moment today
Was out driving and a motorcycle pulled up behind me. He must have seen my "Combat Veteran US Air Force" decal because he pulled up next to me and gave me a big, crisp salute. Warmed my heart, for sure.
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Good for you. Thank you for your service sir.
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Good on him and thank you for your service
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Well done, well deserved.
Rocky, what rank were you, warrant or commissioned?
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Several years ago I was sitting in my car waiting for the better half and a young man came up and knocked on the window and thanked me for my service, he saw my Vietnam Veterans tag almost brought to tears.
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thank you rocky for your service.
will add thank you to all of you that have or are serving most people have no clue the time and pride it takes to do give part of your life If not all for the country.
they're still a lot of good people in the world and far more than bad but being good does not sell news
I use to feel a bit awkward about telling a stranger thank you for your service.
but all the veteran's I knew and have worked with told me it is nice to be recognized and thanked so take a couple minutes and let them know
I make special effort to say thank you to our older vets If I see them wearing a hat of jacket denoting WWII service.
not that the older are better than current or later vets, all are equal in my eyes . all deserve way more JMHO I just feel they went many years with out being recognized for their service and may not be around much longer
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I see a lot more respect and thanks to the vets now than I did ten years ago.
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Yes, it's a 180 reversal from the way we Vietnam vets were treated back then. More than welcome now, but the pain from then will never go away.
Joe, in the USAF, you have to be an officer to be a pilot. I retired as a Lt Col after 23 years, just about 50/50 active and Reserve.
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Rocky, What plane(s) did you fly in Vietnam?
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I flew the Cessna O-2A as a Forward Air Controller. 300 combat missions.
Marc Christensen was the biggest fan of my books, may he rest in peace.
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Rocky Raab: 30324760527003/comments/
I flew the Cessna O-2A as a Forward Air Controller. 300 combat missions.
Marc Christensen was the biggest fan of my books, may he rest in peace.
Is that what Danny Glover flew in the movie Bat*21?
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Sorta. what he flew was a Cessna 337, which was the civilian version. The military O-2 was heavily modified. Here's an O-2...
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I have a great deal of respect and gratitude for members of the military and first responders
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Rocky Raab: 30324760527003/comments/
I flew the Cessna O-2A as a Forward Air Controller. 300 combat missions.
Marc Christensen was the biggest fan of my books, may he rest in peace.
Do you mean Mark Christian?
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Geez, how the mind falters. Yes, I did.
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Rocky Raab: 30324760527003/comments/
Geez, how the mind falters. Yes, I did.
Its OK... I sometimes have the ability to forget what I am doing.....while I am doing it
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I always make it a point to go out of my way and acknowledge those Veterans wearing identifying Clothing.
I posted a few weeks back about interacting with two Vietnam Veterans. One wearing a SF ("Arrowhead") patch on his BB Cap, and another guy I had interacted with for a while. (Dead ringer for Willie Nelson.) He came in wearing an Army Deep Sea Diver T-Shirt. Told em' both how much I appreciated em'.
Grew up in a Military family, served myself. I render a Crisp Hand Salute, to all those who have Served.
You all make me Very Proud. 👍
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Twice, apparently, LOL!
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Sorry. Tablet issues and very poor "Service." I never know when it is actually doing what I want it to do. It takes forever.
Please delete the double post Moderator's.
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I would be interested in purchasing your series of books, (signed if possible,) Rocky.
I have read about them here for years. (My favorite type of books/stories.)
PM me, if that would be possible, Sir.
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PM sent.
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Rocky, I for one greatly appreciate your service to our country. I am very thankful you flew and put yourself in harms way. Thank you sir.
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Not all served in the military. You may (or may not!) have worked over top of some of these guys, @Rocky Raab .
CIA sent smokejumpers to Laos; they came back in caskets | HeraldNet.com
By Ian Shapira / The Washington PostI have the honor of knowing one of the men that flew these missions and worked with the Hmong tribesmen.
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I did not fly Laos, only Cambodia. Laos was the purview of the CIA under what was called the "Steve Canyon" program after a popular comic strip of the time. The CIA was whacknuts back then but at least they were pro-America then. Pilots flew under the callsign Raven and it is thought that one in three died doing it.
I was approached to join that program near the end of my tour. I declined.
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@...: 30324760527003/comments/
I would be interested in purchasing your series of books, (signed if possible,) Rocky.
I have read about them here for years. (My favorite type of books/stories.)
PM me, if that would be possible, Sir.
Rocky, I've got your first two books (autographed of course).
Did you finish the third book? If so, I'd like to get a personal copy as well.
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BTW... Rocky also was the "Voice of NASA" performing the count-downs on several launches.
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There won't be a third book. I started it, but the trials and tribulations of an instructor pilot in Columbus, Mississippi just didn't come up to the level of the first two.
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Rocky Raab: 30324760527003/comments/
There won't be a third book. I started it, but the trials and tribulations of an instructor pilot in Columbus, Mississippi just didn't come up to the level of the first two.
Noted.
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