{"id":646,"date":"2011-08-12T10:49:35","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T14:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress65\/?p=646"},"modified":"2013-02-12T05:46:13","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T10:46:13","slug":"my-first-air-force-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/my-first-air-force-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Air Force Orders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pawing around in the filing cabinet, I found my Extended Active Duty Order, dated 25 years ago today: August 12, 1986.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/2\/23\/Seal_of_the_US_Air_Force.svg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>(US Air Force seal. Image from Wikimedia Commons.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\nThe orders assigned me to the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory (Air Force Systems Command), Edwards AFB, California.<\/p>\n<p>In officialspeak, Block 12 of the orders told me exactly what to do:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Effective date of duty is on or after 9 Sep 86. 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(US Air Force seal. Image from Wikimedia Commons.) The orders assigned me to the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory (Air Force Systems Command), Edwards AFB, California. 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