Tomboy's Rants

Tommy objected to me adding my comments to his in a single post so
here is a separate version:

Tommy wrote
"John worked what was essentially manual labor. He never had any
technical training of any kind.

He is  correct in part. No I never received any technical training in
the Air Force as I was a licensed Aircraft and Powerplant (A&P)
mechanic, license issued by The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
and I had also a "licensed" Machinist by the New Hampshire Association
of Manufacturers stating that I was a qualified Machinist. Both
specialties are used by the A.F. so no training was required.

Tommy wrote:
His job after the military was the same thing - one of the military
subcontractors that cleans things on foreign bases. - cleaning the
toilets and restocking them, sweeping the runways, perhaps maintaining
the power supplies. This is largely fueling the generators since the
generators themselves are maintained by the factory reps.

Obviously Tom has no knowledge of how the Military (A.F. and Army)
operated in Thailand during the Vietnam thing. I assume in an attempt
to show lower costs The Air Force contracted all base maintenance and
services to civilian contractors. We, furnished and maintained nearly
the entire Base Electrical system - We furnished and maintained the
generators and the H.V. transmission system, the base motor pool, i.e.
all vehicles used by the Military and or company, , Water purification
and distribution, roads, runways and parking ramps,  and.. and ,
and...
Incidentally, sweeping the barracks and washing clothes was handled by
the Military through local contractors :-)
 







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Cheers,

John B.