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The Cutting Edge

Anybody out there like that little Chelsea Clinton “pimping” graphic I have on my right side bar?
Well, I didn’t do the hard Photoshop footwork on it.  Serr8d at The Cutting Edge did it, and I couldn’t resist “pimping” it from him and “pimping” it some more. (In other words, all I did was add a […]

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Arcana from My Military Career

I was on another one of my aimless Google search binges yesterday and managed to find some virtual mementos of my early military career (the late seventies and early eighties).  Specifically, the photos of toys and gadgets I’m going to post here are reminders of my days at Skivvy Nine.  It’s up to you to figure out what […]

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The Night of the Tar Paint

Dateline: 6903ESS (Skivvy Nine).  Osan Air Base, Korea.  1979.
There were six of us: Dan “Schlong” Schlinger, Tom Dziak, Tim White, Rick “Gally” Gallaher, “Big” Ben Wright, and me.  We called our collective selves “Wolfschanze”.  It’s an obscure reference to some, perhaps, but that made it all the more attractive as a name for our little […]

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What is a Skivvy Nine?

Skivvy Nine is a U.S. Air Force intelligence unit that’s been stationed at Osan Air Base, South Korea for several decades.  It has existed under a variety of official designations over the years: 6903 Security Squadron (SS), 6903 Electronic Security Squadron (ESS), 6903 Electronic Security Group (ESG), and 303 Intelligence Squadron (IS) are a few […]

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