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I will push away from my desk for the last time this morning. I took my last walk around the flight line yesterday and listen to the sound of jet engines and smelled burning JP-8.

I turned down a retirement ceremony because of personal reasons so no pictures only words. It’s been a wild ride the past 23 years and I have enjoyed it all and would not changes a thing. Form this day forward I will be known on the net as Hogpen13…on my last roll of the “Dice” they come-up with a 7, I win because of the fact of knowing you all.

The Random House Dictionary defines a salute as "To make a bow or other gesture in greeting, farewell, or respect." I salute you all, past and present, military and civilian, and the Air Force as a whole and those who support us, this is both a farewell and a sign of my deep respect for you all <SALUTE>!!!

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Sniper/prkiii could one of you guys see if it's possable to clear my Dice info in the data-base, I would like to reregister under my new screen name but use my old email addy.

HMFIC

farewell dice you shall not be forgotten

"ac o'r tywyllwch daw heddwch"
dylan Thomas on WW1

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dont turn your back on me i wont be ignored!

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...and the best wishes for your future, Dice!

"Mankind has always dreamed of destroying the sun" -- Mr. Burns

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\"My name's Pitt, and you ain't talkin' your ass outta this shit.\"

Congrats Dice!

I believe Citizenship has to be earned. your 23 years of selfless Military Service has proven that, never forget that. When your at the PTA, Getting your Oil Changed, at a city hall meeting, Shopping for Groceries. You will have an insite and confidance that can only be explained by your service.

You are apart of a long lineage that makes our lives possible, and for those that will never know what it means to be a Citizen accountable to his country, Family, community.

I thank You Dice for being there and insuring when the Call came, That our Commander in Chief, Dedicated Crew Chiefs And pilots had an Aircraft Ready and capable to respond to the defense of this country. Their is no greater thing a man can do in the Military. You were there when it mattered most.

Salute!

"The power to Destroy the planet, is insignifigant to the power of the Air Force----Mudd Vader

I salute you right back Dice. It's not the end just another chapter. I will be retiring in the next two myself unless the promotion gods smile on me one last time. Good luck and Godspeed my friend.

Fender
"A woman drove me to drink
and I hadn't even the courtesy to thank her".
W.C. Fields

Dice, congratulations! I am very honored to have had the opportunity to know only serve with you, but to be trained by you & consider you a valued friend. you have had a great military career and I'm sure you will do just as good in the civilian world!! The hog community won't be the same without you wearing good old BDUs!


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Dice...

I thank you not only for your service to this country, but for your friendship over the years here on WT. I hope retirement life treats you well, and you always have a friend up here in the farming country of the great Pacific Northwest...

Dice, A snappy salute rite back to you, from an old A10 retired crew chief. Congrats on a successful career. Hope to see you around again somewhere sometime.



(SALUTE) RayBoy

Richard E.RAY

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Richard Ray (RayBoy)
A-10A 80-142

Dice, All the best to you! Good luck on your retirement. I'm sure we'll see you 'round the net:) Congratz and relax...you deserve it!

Go Ugly Early !
No body's ugly after 2:00 A.M.

Edited by - Hogmender on May 07 2004 12:55 PM

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Go Ugly Early!
Nobody is ugly after 2 A.M.

Dice,
Thanx to a big involvement from you, this forum is anything but a "Snake Eyes"; I've learned alot here.
Best of luck in retirement.
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Edited by - Tritonal on May 07 2004 1:17 PM

Well done, Dice, and a heart-felt thank you for your service.<img src=newicons/smiley_salute.gif border=0 align=middle>

And welcome, Hogpen13. Pull up a chair, park your feet on the front porch railing, grab a cold one from the cooler and just take few moments to relax.

"Live every day like it's the last, 'cause one day you're gonna be right!" Ray Charles

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\"Those who hammer their guns into plows
will plow for those who do not.\"
- Thomas Jefferson

I hope to be able to say I have accumulatd half your knowledge when its time for me to go. I feel priviledged to be a crew chief in the company of so many great ones. Rock on dawg ! Salute !

By this time tomorrow I shall have gained either a pearage or Westminster Abbey........Nelson

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YGBSM !

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I THINK EVERYONE WOULD AND WILL AGREE DICE,

YOU ARE "BOSS HOG", FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE OLD GIRL,THE FIGHTS FOR HER,THE LONG HOURS RECORDING HER HISTORY,THE PERSONAL BLOOD,SWEAT AND TEARS WITH HER IN THE STATES,OVERSEAS AND THE "SANDBOX"
THEN ON TOP OF THAT THE 23 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE USAF AND YOUR COUNTRY

YOUR A RICH MAN IN MY BOOK.

THANK-YOU JOE



PRESS TO TEST

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\"Live Free Or Die\"

Dice
Congrats, I know that today is a day filled with mixed emotions for you. But I'm sure it's for the best, now you can start on that second career you've been waiting for.

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Faugh ah Ballaugh ~ Clear the Way

cant possibly say it better than this:
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THEN ON TOP OF THAT THE 23 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE USAF AND YOUR COUNTRY

YOUR A RICH MAN IN MY BOOK.

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thanks for serving, I dont know if a civvie can salute but <font size=6><S</font id=size6>

long live the king, long live Hogpen13

"We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us". George Orwell

Fighting For Justice With Brains Of Steel !
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Thanks everyone, now maybe I can get my book done! BTW my replacement will be here the first week of June and I will point him in this direction...or I could just keep him as MY inside source!! <img src=newicons/saevil.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

Don't know yet

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Thanks everyone, now maybe I can get my book done! BTW my replacement will be here the first week of June and I will point him in this direction...or I could just keep him as <b>MY inside source!!</b> <img src=newicons/saevil.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

Don't know yet
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Salute!

Dude, when can we see that book of yours on the shelves? I expect a signed copy...

"Retreat, hell! We just got here!"-Captain Lloyd Williams, 2nd Marine Division, Belleau Wood, France, WWI

<img src=newicons/smiley_salute.gif border=0 align=middle>*returns salute* My grandmother told me that for years after retiring grandpa would get up, go to the closet, and ask what the uniform of the day was. Me, I wanna retire like those guys in <i>Second Hand Lions.</i> Great movie.

BTW, you have a publisher lined up for your book? My eighth grade science teacher didn't want to mess with alot of the crud the big companies were going to make him do, so he published it himself, starting his own company in the process. I can introduce you if you like.

"Some pup"
Nickname by Fenderstrat72

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Evil is evil, no matter how small.

You are one of the most squared away NCO's i've ever met Joe. You opitimize the professionalism and dedication to duty of the soldiers of the US Military.

Your retirement will be a great loss to your unit, the USAF, and the US Military in general.

Thank you sincerely for the decades of service you have rendered to this Nation.

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"When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An' go to your Gawd like a soldier."

Kipling-