Yeah, I had the best of both worlds and am retired now from aerospace. I did tech writing for new programs in Minuteman missiles, so I had the office job, but got to go out to subcontractors and do hands on with new equipment, then teach Air Force types how to use it. So it was part office work, part actual fun stuff ... I enjoyed the hell outta it. It was a career path I would've never even dreamed of growing up, but joined the Air Force and they decided I was going to be a electronics, Electro-mechanical type in Minuteman. Sometimes you just stumble into what's best for you, with a little push, i suppose - LOL
Sounds like you had a great career with some exposure to things that others will never have again. Not many can say they got to be a part of our national defense in the way you have so that's definitely something to be proud of. My hat's off to you, good sir.
Just a job ... but one I truly enjoyed. That old saying is true, if you have a job you like, you never work a day in your life. I'm proud of what I did, but was no one special, just a cog in the machine, though. But thanks for the thought.
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