While in AK in the early 80s, I was on Worldwide Mobility which meant I was ready to be deployed anywhere in the world at a moment's notice. It was the height of the Cold War. I was vaccinated for every disease on the planet. It was constant exercises. We'd get called in the middle of the night. My bags were always ready. Most of the time, we just showed up, went through a line of people to help with finances, shots, red cross, cursor health checkup, and checking dog tags in order to prepare to be deployed. We'd just get sent home after that. Sometimes we actually boarded buses to the aircraft only to go back and be released. One time, we boarded the plane and taxied only to turn around and let us go. One time in 1983, we actually took off and was gone for 2 weeks. A full bird Colonel was flying the C-130. He was also being evaluated and graded. Most pilots were Captains. As we neared our destination in the far north of AK, he began maneuvers to avoid ground fire. We ...
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