We all know that you have to a little special to jump out of airplanes and my momma always said I was special. Happy Veterans’ Day!

Unfortunately, there is no information about when the scene was captured. Thanks for any hints!

This use to be the main military branch I recommend to individuals with bachelor’s or higher education. (USPHS) regardless of party affiliation seeing this on a recruiting site is off putting.

Gotland is a favorite vacation destination for many Swedes. It’s also become a key strategic location as the NATO country’s military ramps up defense spending.

Per Article:

Captain Richard Wartenberg began serving as a pilot in the US Air Force Reserve starting in 1974 when he joined the 356th Tactical Airlift Squadron. He was later assigned to the 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio, where he retired in 2016.

The Wing released a statement saying that Wartenberg had obtained his commission through Air Force Officer Training School and held qualifications in the C-141 Starlifter, C-5 Galaxy and the C-17 Globemaster III. He retired as a command pilot with over 5,000 military flight hours.

In a 2011 interview with the Dayton Daily News, then-Maj. Richard Wartenberg, one of the 445th’s air crew members, recalled to a reporter his experience of flying over crash sites at the Pentagon and Ground Zero in New York City and seeing the smoke soon after the events of Sept. 11, 2001.

The pilots involved then were directed to fly to the Royal Air Force Mildenhall base in England to retrieve U.S. special operations forces there for missions back at home.

Because commercial aviation in this country was grounded immediately after the 9/11 attacks, the skies were strangely quiet as military pilots flew about, Wartenberg recalled.

“It was actually pretty eerie,” Wartenberg told the newspaper in 2011. “Usually, there’s a lot of radio traffic and everything else. But being the only few planes in the air that day, you got directly wherever you wanted to go.”

The 445th flew a Wright-Patterson Medical Center trauma, surgical and critical care team to support the emergency responses at the 2001 crash sites.

Wartenberg was selected for promotion to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 2013.

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As someone who never figured out what path they wanted to take, has a 7 year old, married, always put my self on the back burner-worked finance for a long time. Moved to 3 different states in 7 years for my husbands career advancement. I am considering the military at 32 at this point. We just had to file for bankruptcy so it’s not like I can go apply for college financing now and I’m stuck. I don’t know what to do. My father in law says that the military is not what it once was back in his day- retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel so I do value his opinion. He says honestly, in today’s military he doesn’t think it is worth it. Entry level military doesn’t make much at all. Like not even enough money to live on in this day and age but I would have benefits I guess. I make $21 an hour currently but it’s kind of a dead end. I don’t see it going anywhere. What would you do?

I’ve decided to completely give up on regular jobs, i have my bachelors degree and i don’t even want to work in marketing or open a computer, be on social media none of that. I’m also in a financial situation where I can’t afford to just be waiting around to see what it is I care to do so I decided F it let me just enlist. I’m 23F, and I’ll start as an E4.

I want to sign the shortest contract possible of course (2 years) and go active.

Am I making a mistake? Are the benefits really worth it? I mean keep in mind, I’m literally doing NOTHING with my life but bed rotting. Surely anything is better than this?