And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
A US Air Force Combat Controller calls in an airstrike during a combat mission in the Bagh Dara Valley, Afghanistan. May 2018
Depends on where and when you are doing your job. My brother was a FAC for 24 years. He liked to say he joined the AF to be in the Army. Especially in his later years (rank has it's privileges), he did his job mostly behind the scenes, remotely.
FAC is a lonely and dangerous job.
ReplyDeleteDepends on where and when you are doing your job. My brother was a FAC for 24 years. He liked to say he joined the AF to be in the Army.
ReplyDeleteEspecially in his later years (rank has it's privileges), he did his job mostly behind the scenes, remotely.