Oct. 1961 jfk visits ft bragg nc.

Ah...Green Ramp! I ate a lot of suck there stuck in the heat waiting to board a aircraft. You'd be amazed at how many of those buildings and hangers are still there. Though they have added even more.

I had to fast forward through the Eighty-Deuce's Dog and Pony show though as I have experienced those one to many times. Hated the damn things. Ya want to see how your troops are, hold a CAPEX, at least they have a chance to do their jobs and blow something up and the observer can be entertained.

But making them stand around for hours at Ft. Dragg just so you can pass by them in a car...you must really hate them. 

Officers were always such shammers. haha. But I was enlisted so after I served my time in the lower ranks and became a NCO, I too came up with ways to get out of the dog and pony shows. Amazing what you learn when watching those who have more experience, eh? I found that helping the OPs guy organize the show...got ya outta the show. And I actually learned some useful things while at it.

Also, in three decades of service, never attended not one Dining-In/Dining Out or other formal function. I was considered a knuckle dragger as well, but that was a well refined ruse. 

Rarely could sleep on Green Ramp during the summer though. Thankfully most of my jumps were night jumps. Me and humidity DO NOT get along. The Scottish/German blood in me prefers Fall/Winter weather.