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               When               I               visited               the               Air               Force               recruiter,               it               was               after               a               tumultuous               time               in               my               life.

I               had               a               college               degree               and               a               year               of               graduate               school.

My               employer               was               planning               to               move               me               upward               into               management               and               I               simply               felt               that               my               life               and               work               experience               was               not               enough               to               fuel               a               rapid               and               successful               move               up               the               corporate               ladder.
               My               female               cousin               had               enlisted               in               the               Army               National               Guard,               showing               a               lot               of               us               young               women               that               we               could               have               a               military               career               without               being               nurses               or               off               the               wall               people.

This               brave               young               woman               was               a               few               years               older               than               I               was,               and               she               went               into               a               non               traditional               career               field               for               a               woman,               leading               the               way               for               many               more               of               us               to               follow.
               The               recruiter               and               the               Air               Force               had               other               ideas.

I               was               told               that               I               was               going               to               be               a               commissioned               officer.

When               I               asked               why               I               could               not               just               enlist               as               my               cousin               did,               I               learned               my               first               lesson               about               being               in               the               military:               you               go               where               you               are               told               to               go.
               A               few               weeks               later,               I               had               gotten               rid               of               my               apartment,               left               my               job               and               dumped               my               car               in               order               to               go               out               into               a               new               world               of               life,               service,               travel               and               adventure.

The               process               for               Air               Force               Officer               Candidates               is               to               enlist               as               Staff               Sergeants               for               the               purposes               of               pay,               benefits               and               "stop               loss".

Other               candidates               came               from               active               duty               service.
               The               "stop               loss"               was               an               ominous               business.

If               the               Air               Force               determined               that               we               were               not               officer               material,               there               was               the               option               of               making               us               complete               a               four               year               service               contract,               starting               at               the               rank               of               Staff               Sergeant.
               By               then,               I               had               realized               that               I               would               be               the               first               commissioned               officer               in               the               entire               history               of               my               extended               family.

My               grandparents               began               life               as               slaves               and               ended               life               as               prosperous               California               pioneers.

My               parents               were               outstanding               people               with               incredible               accomplishments               to               speak               for               them.

With               such               ancestors,               I               had               no               options               for               failure.
               After               twelve               hours               of               lifting               50               pounds,               getting               blood               tests               and               shots,               filling               out               a               ream               of               paperwork,               learning               how               to               wait               like               a               good               soldier,               and               swearing               an               oath,               we               were               hustled               onto               a               jet               and               flown               into               the               dark               toward               some               place               in               Texas.

We               landed,               boarded               a               bus               and               rode               for               a               while               in               the               black               of               night.

We               arrived               in               the               middle               of               the               night               at               some               large               facility,               dazed               and               confused,               and               were               treated               ever               so               kindly.

We               made               our               beds,               took               showers               and               fell               out,               two               female               or               male               officer               trainees               to               a               room,               and               dead               to               the               world.
               The               next               morning,               a               nicely               uniformed               man               was               in               our               room               and               he               was               screaming               at               the               top               of               his               lungs,               furious               at               something.

I               wondered               what               happened               to               the               friendly,               kind               people               from               the               night               before!

This               was               beginning               to               look               like               a               bad               prison               movie.
               For               the               next               three               months,               I               learned               to               save               other               people's               bacon,               to               have               my               bacon               saved,               to               save               my               own               bacon,               and               to               burn               off               every               ounce               of               the               greasy,               delicious               Texas               bacon               that               was               served               at               the               chow               hall.
               I               learned               that               I               could               climb               a               20               foot               tall               vertical               steel               beam,               crawl               across               a               20               foot               long               horizontal               steel               beam               and               get               down               the               other               side,               fighting               through               the               panic               that               had               me               frozen               for               a               while.

I               learned               that               I               could               get               the               top               score               in               the               tests               and               trials.

I               learned               that               I               could               drive               a               flight               of               soldiers               like               it               was               a               bus.

I               learned               that               I               could               shoot               a               Smith               and               Wesson               .38               caliber               revolver               and               hit               that               target               98               out               of               100               times.
               I               received               my               first               medal               before               I               was               a               commissioned               officer               for               that               shooting               episode               and               became               a               "Small               Arms               Expert".
               Born               and               raised               in               California,               I               learned               about               deep               south               overt               racism,               what               a               person               does               when               he               has               heat               stroke,               how               other               people               try               to               hide               drug               abuse,               mental               illness               and               severe               alcoholism.

I               learned               how               the               world               of               international               diplomacy,               strategic               imperative,               global               hegemony,               and               global               cold               war               functioned.
               I               learned               how               to               work               on               a               person               for               three               solid               hours               if               that               is               what               it               takes               to               get               that               person               to               tell               me               what               is               really               going               on               in               his               or               her               life.
               At               the               time,               the               Air               Force               was               making               up               for               a               serious               mistake.

Far               too               many               junior               officers               had               been               booted               out               after               the               Vietnam               War.

By               the               late               1970s,               it               became               apparent               that               there               would               be               no               candidates               for               Major               if               the               Air               Force               did               not               make               a               whole               lot               of               brand               new               Second               Lieutenants.

The               problem               is               that               for               every               2,000               people               who               applied,               only               500               would               be               accepted               for               training               and               less               than               200               could               get               through               the               training.
               My               class               of               500               only               netted               198               who               were               commissioned               after               three               months.
               This               was               also               a               time               when               the               Air               Force               opened               up               hundreds               of               career               fields               to               women.

We               women               took               up               the               challenge               and               a               lot               of               us               did               well,               even               if               most               of               us               never               intended               to               become               "lifers"               and               to               stay               in               beyond               four               or               eight               years.
               They               call               us               "90               day               wonders",               those               of               us               who               went               to               Officer               Training               School,               Medina               Annex               to               Lackland               Air               Force               Base,               Texas.

I               tell               people               that               we               became               wonders               long               before               those               90               days               ever               happened.
               The               90               days               managed               to               humble               us               all               as               they               constituted               the               longest,               seemingly               endless,               and               ultimately               miserable               period               of               time               that               a               human               being               can               go               through.

Our               challenge               was               to               get               the               same               military               training               in               three               months               that               Academy               Graduates               or               ROTC               graduates               get               in               four               years.
               Strangely               we               all               were               eager               to               do               the               whole               thing               again               as               soon               as               we               swore               our               second               oath               and               threw               our               caps               into               the               air.

We               were               commissioned               by               President               Jimmy               Carter               and               we               wondered               if               the               real               signature               on               our               certificates               was               from               an               auto               pen.
               I               was               a               descendant               of               slaves               and               the               first               in               the               history               of               my               extended               clan               to               be               commissioned               by               a               President               of               the               United               States               to               serve               as               an               officer               in               the               United               States               Armed               Forces.
               Then               I               found               out               what               the               "lieu"               in               "Lieutenant"               meant.

We               non               prior               enlisted               Second               Lieutenants               were               essentially               lower               than               plankton               on               the               military               food               chain.

But               we               were               priceless               plankton               and               had               already               cost               the               Air               Force               a               bundle.
               As               a               result               of               our               costly               natures,               we               were               carefully               husbanded               along               to               a               point               where               we               could               be               worth               something.

The               hairs               on               our               heads               were               numbered.

We               had               neither               private               time               nor               private               lives.
               Six               months               later,               we               were               either               in               our               technical               schools               or               at               our               bases,               taking               on               responsibilities               that               we               had               never               conceived               of               having.
               For               my               first               real               Air               Force               job,               I               was               put               in               charge               of               the               highly               volatile               military               grade               aviation               fuel,               plus               the               ground               fuels               and               oils,               plus               the               liquid               oxygen               and               liquid               nitrogen               plants.

There               were               also               contracts               to               manage               and               additional               duties               to               do.
               My               subordinates               were               overwhelmingly               male.

None               of               them               had               ever               had               a               woman               as               Officer               in               Charge,               let               alone               a               California               native               African               American               woman               who               went               to               college               at               UC               Berkeley               and               was               vastly               shorter               than               most               of               them.
               Most               of               them               did               not               want               me               for               a               boss,               but               it               took               little               time               for               me               to               help               them               with               reformulating               their               working               opinions.
               The               Air               Force               asked               us               women               what               we               were               up               to.

How               did               we               plan               to               lead?

What               were               our               problems               or               issues?

We               were               firm               about               our               lipstick               and               earrings               (plain,               ball               type,               silver               or               gold               only),               and               planned               to               be               officers               and               ladies,               not               officers               and               little               versions               of               gentlemen.

There               would               be               no               behaving               like               men               in               order               for               us               to               lead               men               and               women.
               We               worked               it               out.
               We               ended               the               Cold               War.

We               put               the               strategy               of               "Peace               Through               Deterrence"               to               its               successful               and               ultimate               conclusion.

We               cranked               out               the               fuel,               kept               the               nukes               in               readiness               and               working               order,               flew               the               fighter               jets,               flew               the               transports,               adjudicated               the               law,               treated               the               patients,               determined               the               strategy,               and               brought               on               the               new               computer               and               modern               weapons               systems.
               We               dealt               with               birth,               death,               crime,               justice,               mental               illness,               life,               evil,               good,               travel,               and               full               immersion               in               strange               places               and               in               other               cultures.

We               developed               ways               of               paying               attention               to               the               whole               world               while               speaking               of               the               terrible               potential               of               war               in               plain               and               clear               language.

We               managed               the               stuff               of               complete               and               total               destruction               and               we               managed               the               stuff               of               life.
               We               stood               in               the               audience               at               Bitburg               Air               Base               while               Ronald               Reagan               ended               our               occupation               of               Germany.

We               helped               the               breakup               of               the               USSR.

We               showed               up               for               the               Gulf               War.

We               went               into               space.

We               went               to               the               Antarctic               and               under               the               seas.
               
               We               changed               the               face               of               the               Air               Force.

We               were,               in               turn,               greatly               changed               and               enhanced               in               ways               that               only               we               can               know.

The               military               changed               me               in               many               ways,               including               my               health.
               Now               I               am               a               decorated               veteran,               a               service               connected               disabled               veteran,               a               veteran               of               foreign               wars,               a               first               in               the               history               of               my               clan,               and               a               proud               veteran               of               the               U.S.

Armed               Forces.
               And               I               would               do               it               all               again               if               I               could.






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