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Eddie I've always loved humor. I can find humor in most situations and can laugh at almost anything. I use humor a lot. I am more of an introvert. I was shy as a kid and while I can be more animated around my friends, I am still quiet around people I don't know. I do not look to be a leader and am generally uncomfortable being in front of a group of people. I am lucky to have such a good sense of humor, but I also realize humor is a tool that can be used to hide or keep people at a safe distance. While not intentional, I am pretty sure I do this. I was never one to have a lot of friends at any one time. In my neighborhood, my best friend was Joe my other good friend was Jimmy. Joe and I became really good friends in grade school and stayed that way all through high school. In the 8 th grade I met Eddie. Well, we had met once before, but it was at this point we really became friends and we soon were the best of friends. Eddie was good-natured, non-j...

Free at Last I had been at Offutt for almost 3 months at the time Joel and I signed up for the Palace Chase program. A couple of weeks later I got called by the Sergeant in administration and he told me he had the Palace Chase application forms. He said I needed to come down and complete them. I had to pick three locations (states) I was interested in transferring to. I really wanted to be in Oregon but it seemed like a “long-shot” as it looked unlikely there would be a good fit anywhere in Oregon. However I still put Oregon first and then put New York and California second and third. I wanted to do California second but there were more opportunities in New York because New York had Reserve Units that looked like good fits. I would not get out if I failed to find a unit that needed my career field. A few weeks later I got a hit from a reserve unit in Schenectady, New York. I took it. I now needed to get my commanding officer to sign off and agree that I was not needed ...