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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:18:32 PM EDT
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123308029
Damn, that's a long time to serve! 7/2/2012 - JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AFNS) –– Forty-one years, 167 temporary duty assignments, 22 base assignments, six deployments and three wars later, Col. George W. Hays, the director of Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Systems, Headquarters Alaskan Command, retired from active duty service July 1 as the longest-serving colonel in the Air Force.
More at link.... 
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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:19:52 PM EDT
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fucking winning.
Sad to see him go, we need more people like him. |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:23:54 PM EDT
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He's probably seen it all in his service.  |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:26:44 PM EDT
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Did he start as an enlisted man? Mustangs never pin on stars.
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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:28:03 PM EDT
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I like that he kept all his uniforms from when he was enlisted. Just hammers the point home, that this dude has been there done that.
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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:28:57 PM EDT
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Quoted: Did he start as an enlisted man? Mustangs never pin on stars. Yep. Enlisted during Vietnam. Re-enlisted as a 'buck sergeant', whatever that means. Became an officer later. Bad ass. |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:30:35 PM EDT
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Did he start as an enlisted man? Mustangs never pin on stars. Sure they do. Tommy Franks is just one. |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:33:30 PM EDT
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Did he start as an enlisted man? Mustangs never pin on stars. I'm guessing yes based off the uniforms behind him. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:33:56 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:34:39 PM EDT
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Awesome.
Gotta respect a man who follows that path Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:36:28 PM EDT
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That is a very impressive career. I agree that it is sad to see him go, but has sure earned his retirement.
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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:37:07 PM EDT
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Did he start as an enlisted man? Mustangs never pin on stars. Yep. Enlisted during Vietnam.
Re-enlisted as a 'buck sergeant', whatever that means. Became an officer later.
Bad ass.
OD Green shirt with blue and white name tape has Buck Sgt stripes on it. 
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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:38:25 PM EDT
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Did he start as an enlisted man? Mustangs never pin on stars. Yep. Enlisted during Vietnam.
Re-enlisted as a 'buck sergeant', whatever that means. Became an officer later.
Bad ass.
OD Green shirt with blue and white name tape has Buck Sgt stripes on it. Beat me to it! Go get some rest Colonel, you have earned it after your career. |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:38:30 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:38:42 PM EDT
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Quoted: Some do, most don't. Quoted: Did he start as an enlisted man? Mustangs never pin on stars. Sure they do. Tommy Franks is just one. It has more to do with TIS than anything really. 8-10 yrs prior to commission, 8 yrs before eligible for O-4, O-5 around 25 yrs TIS, O-6 by 30ish. How long can the body hold out? Quite awhile if you are a certified bad ass, but they are the exception, not the rule. |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:39:52 PM EDT
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Kind of reminds me of CWO4 Mike Novosele.
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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:40:32 PM EDT
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What a great man. I hope he enjoys his retirement. I bet he will still be up every day at 0400.
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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:41:35 PM EDT
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Google 2012 military pay chart and you will see this!!!
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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:44:48 PM EDT
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Did he start as an enlisted man? Mustangs never pin on stars. Sometimes they do. This guy started out as a private and ended up as Commandant of the Marine Corps during the early 90s. He was pretty awesome: 
ETA: But more on point, congrats to the colonel––what an awesome career!
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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:48:04 PM EDT
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Did he start as an enlisted man? Mustangs never pin on stars. And many more fine soldiers don't become Royalty. Now, everybody think about who gets stars and who becomes Senators and Presidents, and we can see that we fought King George for nought. |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:57:21 PM EDT
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What a great man. I hope he enjoys his retirement. I bet he will still be up every day at 0400. Oh I don't know... There was a new hire at the local Wal*Mart in the area that had a tough time getting to work on time. He was neat, polite and well groomed so they let it go for a while hoping he would change. Finally after a couple of weeks they pulled him tinto the office for a chit chat. They asked him what happened in his last career if he showed up late for work, trying to make the point. He said he was usually greeted with, "Good morning General, would you like a cup of coffee?"
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Posted: 7/3/2012 1:58:41 PM EDT
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That man has earned his retirement.
Quoted: Google 2012 military pay chart and you will see this!!! http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b96/leondana/f731099c.jpg LOL |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:00:09 PM EDT
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Did he start as an enlisted man? Mustangs never pin on stars. My father got one, though it was a State Star not a federal one. |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:02:06 PM EDT
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Holy shit, AF Rangers are a real thing?
There was a jodie in basic about wanting to be an AF Ranger, I thought it was some bs someone had made up. Congrats to the Colonel!
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:04:23 PM EDT
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In 2003, Hays volunteered to go to Iraq. He was stationed at Headquarters European Command at the time and was a part of the "northern squeeze" in the pursuit of Saddam Hussein. Still, the advance from the north didn't fulfill his long-awaited desire to be in the midst of combat, so in 2006, he volunteered to go to Baghdad. He completed 81 combat missions and received the Air Force Combat Action Medal. 50 year old Col. in combat? Seems as if he was at a disadvantage.... the enemy probably heard his brass balls clanking around from a mile away |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:06:19 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: What a great man. I hope he enjoys his retirement. I bet he will still be up every day at 0400. Oh I don't know... There was a new hire at the local Wal*Mart in the area that had a tough time getting to work on time. He was neat, polite and well groomed so they let it go for a while hoping he would change. Finally after a couple of weeks they pulled him tinto the office for a chit chat. They asked him what happened in his last career if he showed up late for work, trying to make the point. He said he was usually greeted with, "Good morning General, would you like a cup of coffee?" Not sure if true, but that's a hell of a story if it is... |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:11:02 PM EDT
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In 2003, Hays volunteered to go to Iraq. He was stationed at Headquarters European Command at the time and was a part of the "northern squeeze" in the pursuit of Saddam Hussein. Still, the advance from the north didn't fulfill his long-awaited desire to be in the midst of combat, so in 2006, he volunteered to go to Baghdad. He completed 81 combat missions and received the Air Force Combat Action Medal.
50 year old Col. in combat? Seems as if he was at a disadvantage.... the enemy probably heard his brass balls clanking around from a mile away
Billy Waugh volunteered for OIF in 2001, at the age of 71 |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:11:33 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Did he start as an enlisted man? Mustangs never pin on stars. And many more fine soldiers don't become Royalty. Now, everybody think about who gets stars and who becomes Senators and Presidents, and we can see that we fought King George for nought. How do you figure that? Do you think the War of Independence was some sort of war against nobility or aristocracy? |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:16:55 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:16:55 PM EDT
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Forty one years and six deployments? No disrespect but I had 6 deployments in 8 years.
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:18:57 PM EDT
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Quoted: Forty one years and six deployments? No disrespect but I had 6 deployments in 8 years. Cookie? |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:26:15 PM EDT
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Quoted: What a great man. I hope he enjoys his retirement. I bet he will still be up every day at 0400. Probably sleep in till 0430 and feel like he wasted half the day.  |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:37:52 PM EDT
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Holy shit, AF Rangers are a real thing? There was a jodie in basic about wanting to be an AF Ranger, I thought it was some bs someone had made up. Congrats to the Colonel! We had a few in my USAF unit, you can go to the school, you just can't wear the tab. Go figure. 
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:38:46 PM EDT
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Quoted: Holy shit, AF Rangers are a real thing? There was a jodie in basic about wanting to be an AF Ranger, I thought it was some bs someone had made up. Congrats to the Colonel! I used to see CCT guys on jumps that were tabbed. It took a little getting used to. Pretty kickass tho. |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:39:36 PM EDT
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Forty one years and six deployments? No disrespect but I had 6 deployments in 8 years. Cookie? 
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:41:41 PM EDT
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a hearty salute to that guy
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:46:30 PM EDT
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Did he start as an enlisted man? Mustangs never pin on stars. And many more fine soldiers don't become Royalty. Now, everybody think about who gets stars and who becomes Senators and Presidents, and we can see that we fought King George for nought. How do you figure that? Do you think the War of Independence was some sort of war against nobility or aristocracy? You don't? |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:48:16 PM EDT
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Holy shit, AF Rangers are a real thing? There was a jodie in basic about wanting to be an AF Ranger, I thought it was some bs someone had made up. Congrats to the Colonel! This is normal. I guess I need to whip it out. POG |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:49:04 PM EDT
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Forty one years and six deployments? No disrespect but I had 6 deployments in 8 years. Cookie? I guess Vietnam, Just Cause, and two tours in Iraq isn't enough for some. 
I'm guessing they counted most of his training deployments as TDYs. |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:54:12 PM EDT
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Yeah, but it's the Air Force.
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:55:59 PM EDT
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fucking winning. Sad to see him go, we need more people like him. |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:56:52 PM EDT
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Yeah, but it's the Air Force. Imagine what he could have done in a real service.
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:57:46 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Did he start as an enlisted man? Mustangs never pin on stars. And many more fine soldiers don't become Royalty. Now, everybody think about who gets stars and who becomes Senators and Presidents, and we can see that we fought King George for nought. How do you figure that? Do you think the War of Independence was some sort of war against nobility or aristocracy? You don't? Nope, because it wasn't. Heck, most of the leaders were of the aristocracy (with a few European noblemen thrown in the mix) and American government was originally set up so that the aristocracy and not common men would have political power; some of the Founders (including a President under the AoC) even went to Europe to try to solicit a royal to be the King of the U.S. back when our ending up a republic was hardly a foregone conclusion. It was a war of secession based upon a number of grievances with the government in London, not some sort of egalitarian revolution. When it comes to military officers, given the aristocratic origins of the U.S., it is not surprising that many officers historically came from the American aristocracy and that it still to some degree can be reflected in the divide between officers and enlisted men (although my impression is that this has been reduced considerably compared to how things used to be way back when). I recall reading about how even well into the 20th century (up until WWII), the naval officer corps was known for being highly aristocratic and how marrying a naval officer was considered desirable because it meant a woman would marry into a rich family or one that had high social standing, or marry a man who was wealthy on his own. |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:58:21 PM EDT
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Yeah, but it's the Air Force. Imagine what he could have done in a real service. tee-hee.
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:58:53 PM EDT
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Did he start as an enlisted man? Mustangs never pin on stars. And many more fine soldiers don't become Royalty. Now, everybody think about who gets stars and who becomes Senators and Presidents, and we can see that we fought King George for nought. How do you figure that? Do you think the War of Independence was some sort of war against nobility or aristocracy? You don't? No, it was not. It was a war to free ourselves from the burden of a government which viewed us as a piggy bank that they were going to start making withdrawals from at their leisure and the piggy had better not complain. The military systems has its roots in how armies were formed in Europe, because that method works. We focus more heavily on the NCO, because that works. If we are doing things right there are fewer officers and more enlisted, meaning that the enlisted see little of the officers as they have much to do and little time to play around. If a PV1 wants to make it to GEN it is entirely possible. They just have to want to badly enough. And yes, anything above O-5 is political in nature, so you have to walk the walk and talk the talk. Which is why I only every aspire to hit O-5, I do not own the proper knee pads. |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 2:59:18 PM EDT
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I hope he enjoys a well-deserved retirement!
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Posted: 7/3/2012 3:02:52 PM EDT
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I've shaken his hand. Served under him in AMC Comm Group, Scott AFB, IL.
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Posted: 7/3/2012 3:03:36 PM EDT
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BAMF. Wonder what he's going to do next?
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Posted: 7/3/2012 3:04:38 PM EDT
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Forty one years and six deployments? No disrespect but I had 6 deployments in 8 years. Did you see the number of temporary duty assignments? He went special ops as an officer. Most of the postings in those positions are temporary duty missions. |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 3:09:00 PM EDT
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Holy shit, AF Rangers are a real thing? There was a jodie in basic about wanting to be an AF Ranger, I thought it was some bs someone had made up. Congrats to the Colonel! We had a few in my USAF unit, you can go to the school, you just can't wear the tab. Go figure. You can just not in ABUs. Multicams and when we had BDUs you would see dudes with them. Usually security forces or SOF though. |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 3:13:01 PM EDT
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