Alan C. Mack

Yeah.

What's called advanced individual training, AIT.

So I went to Virginia for that as like four or five months.

And then my first assignment was the Republic of South Korea.

That's the key, too.

The Army is the only service that did that and still does.

So the other services, you take a test, and they tell you, here's what you're eligible for, which the Army does as well.

But then they say, okay, pick your top three, and you're likely to get one of those three.

Whereas in the Army, they'll guarantee the job and, I believe, your first assignment.

Oh, definitely.

Yeah, so I did nine years as a mechanic.

And then I decided I was in Germany at the time, West Germany.

And I was like, all right, I'm going to put him for flight school.

And if I don't get accepted, I'll get out.

And if I do, you know, go fly.

And when I got there, the army had transitioned from the TH 55 helicopter, which is a little two seater to the Huey UH one, uh, because they were transitioning to Blackhawks.

So they were, had no use for the Hueys.

So they, ah, let's go teach people in that area.

So I had all the advantage because I worked on them.

So while other students, my, you know, my peers were studying about, you know, how the transmission, the engine, you know, the avionics work.