Yea, I’m a Chair Force vet also. In Security Service which had a patch featuring three colors. Blue is for the sky in which we never fly, Red is for the blood we never shed, and Yellow is the reason for both of those. We also love to joust with the other services, all in good fun.
That was hilarious
Security Service! I spent 1991-96 in ESC/AFIC/AIA/AFSSR.
San Vito then Ramstein (where everything in Frankfurt and Rhien Mein went).
I was in Security Air Police) in the AF as well and served in the UK in the very early 60s.
We had from time to time troops from other branches transition thru our base. The funniest thing was watching these guys stunned look of disbelief when they went through the chow line and instead of having the chow heaped on their plate realized they had a choice of food and also it was served by civilian women. On our base all KP was handled by civilians.
The transients couldn’t believe how easy we had it compared to them and were further astonished we all carried our class A passes with us instead of having to make a trip to HQ to pick them up before leaving base and turn them in when returning.
AF is easier except for Security when pulling fence line or aircraft security in all kinds of weather for an 8 HR shift.
Thank you for your service by the way.
Sounds like ASA! (my "alma mater," too.) The Navy had the NSG. The Air Force had the AFSS, but our "Big Boss" was the civilian NSA. Always wondered about the "real" chain of command.
Of course, what we did was surveillance--NOT spying/s