Service Record

[ehowton]

Air Force Achievement Medal (with two oak leaf clusters), Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Air Force Good Conduct Medal (with one oak leaf cluster), National Defense Service Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal (with one campaign star), Air Force Overseas Short-Tour Ribbon, Air Force Overseas Long-Tour Ribbon, Air Force Longevity Award, Air Force Training Ribbon.

1990-1990: 3707th Basic Military Training Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas :: 1990-1991: Goodfellow Technical Training Center, Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Texas :: 1991-1991: 497th Reconnaissance Technical Group, Lindsey Air Station (Schierstein Kaserne), Wiesbaden, Germany :: 1991-1993: 496th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron/Joint Analysis Center, Royal Air Force Alconbury (RAF Molesworth), Cambridgeshire, England :: 1993-1995: 36th Intelligence Squadron, 480th Intelligence Group, Langley Air Force Base, Hampton, Virginia :: 1995-1996: 607th Air Intelligence Squadron, Osan Air Base, Songtan-Si (Pyeongtaek), South Korea :: 1996-1997: United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM, Offutt Air Force Base, Bellevue, Nebraska

Comments

[quicksilvermad.livejournal.com]

How funny that the first and last of the patches are in my dad's collection. And he designed another one for one of his stations, but some other jerk took the credit for it. I'll find out which one it was and get back to you.

Strategic Command... Ah, I remember walking on that logo on a rubber mat to get into the Vandenberg building where my dad's office was. One of his friends always had those wrapped peppermint candies or butterscotch for me and my sister when we came to visit.

Good times!

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

When I first got in, I thought USAFE was the entire world. And while I didn't wear the patch, once I got there, PACAF was a close second. How neat that he designed a patch! I have a Saudi campaign patch on my jacket that one of the Brits in the small unit I was attached to designed.

STRATCOM was one of the reasons I left the Air Force. All my assignments had been tactical to that point, and I found I was good at it. The Mission Comes First and all that. STRATCOM had a different world view, and I found I couldn't easily translate into it. But because of that experience, I gained an understanding about where my strengths lie and how to better utilize them.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

I used your experience with each of these to explain the difference between tactical and strategic amongst our team this weekend, illustrating how both is needed to fight on the political front. I find I've been quoting you and your dad a lot lately.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

To ensure that a team is most effective, one must play to their individual strengths. Unfortunately, the needs of the Air Force sometimes overrules that. We were, after all, all Airmen; a tool of might to fulfill objectives.