Thank you all!!!
I'm sorry I haven't responded earlier but it seems one of my retirement gifts was a dose of the flu! (Better'n a dose of something else though...). I was pretty much down for the count the last few days - bummer of a way to spend New Year's Eve!
I am indeed looking forward to making a few trips west this year, to include making the Grand Muster and perhaps the NCOWS Convention (which I've really missed the last few years).
In some ways I will miss my job of the last 10 years of looking for our missing personnel, but it was time to move on. Fortunately, we have a lot of good people who are just as dedicated to that mission as I was.
The good news is that no more trips to the Middle East, no more last minute briefings to senior officials, no more cancelled leave due to mission requirements.
US Scout
GAF, Commanding