During my high school years the Viet Nam war was going on and the nightly news always covered the latest events from the war. The gym teachers in high school pushed us to do more all the time, telling us we'd be drafted after high school and wanted us to be as physically fit as possible to increase our odds of surviving Viet Nam if we went there.
I really didn't want to be drafted into the army and had thoughts of joining the Navy or the Air Force. The Navy appealed to me because life on a ship and constantly traveling sounded great. The Air Force sound appealed to me because I thought it would be nice to be stationed somewhere overseas and stay in one country or another for a year or so (hopefully not Viet Nam). Someplace in Europe would be nice, I thought.
I decided that I wanted to join the Air Force, it sounded like a good alternative to being drafted into the Army and sent to Viet Nam.
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