Youngblood
Rear Admiral
After reading a few posts over the last few days I was wondering how many of us Wing Nuts are serving our country and if WC had anything to do with it?
After reading a few posts over the last few days I was wondering how many of us Wing Nuts are serving our country and if WC had anything to do with it?
how many of us Wing Nuts are serving our country
Hopefully, by "our country" you mean the Confederation
I do not serve in the Armed Forces, but I am a military historian who studies the US Navy during WWII (focus on naval aviation).
What role did WC play in that? Probably none...but my love of WC stems directly from my love of flattops. (The ships, not the haircut) And I probably wouldn't be here today if I didn't have such a passion for carriers.
No military service here; I lost an eye in high school and so would never have qualified. I have plenty of respect for those who have served, though, and I can certainly attest to there being a lot of men and women in uniform who are also Wing Commander fans.
I've been interested in military aviation for as long as I can remember, though, which eventually lead me to Wing Commander. (Heh, actually, I recently found a print out of my first ever post to the internet--a Compuserv note to an aviation group asking for information about German jets in World War II. I believe it's dated 1989, when I was eight years old. I guess I should scan that...)
I'm currently a Midshipman 1/C in the United States Navy. I will graduate from Virginia Tech and commission as an Ensign this December, and then I will be stationed at my ROTC unit for a few months before I head to Flight School at NAS Pensacola.
I retired from the US Air Force in 2007 (joined in 1987). Since I signed up before Wing Commander came out, it would be very hard to say Wing Commander influenced my desire to serve. However, being of a technical and military mindset both influenced my wish to serve and my enjoyment of Wing Commander.
Hi Wingnuts , interesting thread . I used to be a "Katadromeas" -Καταδρομέας- the Greek special forces B Company.In my country you have to serve ,everybody serves from 12 months to 3 years , it depends .Once a year I have to report back and go to a training or something until they give me the precious White Paper (no more training).