Living In The Past
Not anything negative just an alternative reality. I recently had a shot at being in the field, but my job hopping had negated that. the good ole NBIS background suited me as a person that would not fit the criteria of an operations supervisor for what is essentially what would be labeled an NCO club back in the day, but that is here nor there. These are not my stories but stories told to me. Barring any glass ceilings or prejudices that happened back in the day it was very interesting to say the least. These events in no chronological order happened in the 70s, 80s and early 90s. Mandated by congress MWR package stores were to turn over to AAFES. During this time in the late 80s certain Area's in Korea decided to "screw over" AAFES. MWR package stores had a lifetime supply of cherries, maraschino cherries to be exact. Many of the bases in Korea where MWR leadership were pissed that they were losing the main source of profit for the function decided to sell the cherrie...