08-08-2017, 10:25 PM
In 1969 I went into the Air Force and at 18 years old ended up on a Titan II Combat Crew ( launch crew) as a Ballistic Missile Analyst Tech (BMAT) with a Top Secret clearance which back then meant the Office of Security Information (OSI) followed me, opened my mail, tapped my phone and did regular interviews and evaluations and checked out any contacts or friends I might have. I wasn't quite right even then. I was sort of a flower child from Eastern Kentucky that could shoot and could probably be counted on to end the world as we know it. I had a girl friend that I met while TDY at Vandenburg California, a hippy chick. When I got back to Tucson I got a little green box with green ribbon about 2" square in my base P.O. Box. As I was trying to figure out how it got there two guys in black suits and white socks grabbed my by the arms and escorted me into an office with a table and a chair, bright desk lamp and all. It became evident that they had opened the envelope it had come in but wanted to catch me red handed when I received and opened the box. On the outside in small letters it said "Whats inside will blow your mind!". The agents had lots of questions about who, where and when the box and person who had sent the box and what was in it and insisted I open it as they witnessed and photographed the "event". I opened it and dumped the contents which consisted of hundreds of little folded pieces of paper folded. When unfolded and put under a magnifying glass said "I Love You". They didn't even help me pick up all the little pieces and put them back in the box, just walked out and left me sitting. That just weren't right! Beware what ya get by associating with me and thanks for the "Stinking Badge".
(This post was last modified: 08-08-2017, 10:31 PM by bullfrog.)