AMST-7

AMST-7

[Ed. note: Prior pieces in this series found at AMST 1, AMST 2, AMST 3, AMST 4, AMST 5, and AMST 6.] I began this series with a brief look at Bud Holland’s actions vìs a vìs the Fairchild AFB crash. The reconstruction of how that all happened, right down to Holland’s...

AMST 5

AMST 5

My Turn! [Author note - the other issues of AMST are probably worth a read to get full context. #1 - #2 - #3.] Summer, 1994 By summer, I’m closing in on PQM - and starting to get some of my “X’s” (graded flights) for Attack Helicopter...

Born poor, but raised well. Marine, helo pilot, judge advocate, lawyer, tech startup guy... wannabe writer. Lucky in love, laughing 'til the end.

AMST-3

Spring 1993 - Beginnings and Endings... [Author note: It will probably help if you read AMST-1/Intro and AMST-2 before reading this one for background and context.] When Marines Still Wore Choker Whites - in the background, the CO holds our newest daughter We are...

Aviation Mishaps: Part 1, an Introduction

I'll get to this story (eventually) There I was… in the Ready Room When I was a youngling wanna-be pilot in the post-Top Gun Era of the early ‘90s, there was a military aviation magazine called “Approach” that populated all of the Ready Rooms where we wannabes sat and...

The Spark: Chapter 7

After his first stop at the convenience store near his apartment for a drink he knew he had surveillance. By the time he left his second stop he identified which surveillance team was following him.

The Spark: Chapter 6

She tells me she gave up her teaching job. She’s laughing. “They said learn to code, so I did.” She looks more beautiful than I’ve ever seen her in her whole life.

The Spark: Chapter 3

“Appointment with the Chief, Mister Jefferts?” Flora Gonzalez was sixty or so, matronly, with a number of years as a loyal personal assistant. She also brooked no nonsense and guarded the Chief’s time jealously.