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Old 10-01-2011, 11:04 AM   #1
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Congratulations to your son, and best of luck for his future aspirations.

My brother The Bird (Ret.) spent 26 years in Air Force blue, and late in his career they offered him a teaching position at Colorado Springs. As he had graduated college with plans to teach, I thought he would (and should) accept, but he passed on the opportunity. Had he gone, I might have had some backdoor pull for your boy. Oh well.
Thanks for the thoughts, but I don't know that it works that way. The academies are very picky and follow strict adherence to their rules, "We follow orders, or men die."

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Old 10-01-2011, 11:29 AM   #2
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Thanks for the thoughts, but I don't know that it works that way. The academies are very picky and follow strict adherence to their rules, "We follow orders, or men die."

Peace of the Lord be with you.

I am certain there's a lot of truth to that. I also know there exists a military fraternity where "things get done". With some of the contacts my brother made (War College, Pentagon, Joint Service), he might have been able to grease a wheel or two. It would not have pulled an application from the bottom of the pile to the top, but it may have slipped one from the middle under the right eyes.
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I am certain there's a lot of truth to that. I also know there exists a military fraternity where "things get done". With some of the contacts my brother made (War College, Pentagon, Joint Service), he might have been able to grease a wheel or two. It would not have pulled an application from the bottom of the pile to the top, but it may have slipped one from the middle under the right eyes.
This I do believe.

Thanks for the thoughts.

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Congrats to your son and to you and your wife for the job done raising him. He has my prayers for admission to the AF Academy.
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