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clw4514
this may be in the wrong spot and if it is, i do apologize.....
tonite while sitting @ my daughter's dance class, i was talking with another mom and found out we were both cops stationed @ ramstein together. she came in about 5 months b4 i left. when i told her my name, her jaw dropped and she literally gasped. she said, "omg! i know who u are! i heard what happened to u!" absolutely ashamed, i wanted to cry. it felt as if it had just happened all over again. i fought back the tears and started focusing on what else she was saying. she told me that the flt chiefs used my trauma as an example for others & it was also used to help get better/safer dorms. for once, just once, that brief moment in time i felt as if my horrible nightmare actually had a positive outcome. i paid a high price for the safety of others. i dont know if it was karma that brought us together tonite or what but i am happy that i had the chance to speak to someone who was there all these years later. oh, and it doesnt hurt that she told me the miserable bitch of a 2nd lt who took my career did the same thing to several other airmen while there. she got hers in the end. she took the 377th, a once proud squadron, and made it a 3 ring circus.
i felt i had to share this story with u all in hopes that one day u will (if not already) find ur silver lining, too. this chance meeting today did my heart good more than that mom will ever know!
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