Man, sometimes I'm not sure other branches understand just how true that joke can be. I work in aircraft maintenance on C-5s, C-17s, and KC-10s, on grave shift. Trying to get anything done at Finance or any other place is a nightmare. I'm not even sure they're aware that we actually have jets on the base, and in reality, that they're only job is to support those that make those jets fly. It can be frustrating.

I like that I'm actually doing something important and putting jets in the air, but I have a lot of respect for the guys that joined the other branches and are actually out there putting their lives on the line, because when it comes down to it, I've got it really good. I go in, work my shift turning wrenches, and when that's over, I'm done for the day and I go home.

: The Believe Campaigns were pretty awesome. They set a precedent of Halo as a
: "real" universe, for sure. Being Active Duty made me relate to
: it a bit more, I like to think.

: This past deployment I was on, I was SO excited for Halo: Anniversary that I
: just kept watching the badass memorial trailer for it over and over until
: it came in the mail a month after it had been released! (Overall, I'd say
: Halo is still my favorite of the series).

: My first memory of Halo was in seeing it in an EGM when it was announced for
: the Mac and PC. I first saw the game on Xbox at an Electronics Boutique in
: the mall and my brother and I split the cost of the new Xbox JUST for
: Halo.

I missed all of that, unfortunately. I wasn't a huge gamer before Halo. I had N64 and loved Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, and the 007 games, but that was about the extent of it. Our computer definitely couldn't handle any games.

Then one day my buddy brought over his Xbox and showed me Halo. I immediately fell in love and had to get one. Oddly enough, though, Halo wasn't the biggest selling point for me. It was when he showed me Morrowind. I couldn't get enough.