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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDEROS 50 Years Ago Today
DEROS: Date Estimated to Return from Overseas. Returned to USA from Vietnam.
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DEROS 50 Years Ago Today (Original Post)
Bo Zarts
Sep 2021
OP
for me.
The Wizard
(12,482 posts)2. It feels damn good
53 years for me. Every year on my DEROS date I have a shot of tequila or a glass of champagne.
3catwoman3
(23,815 posts)3. While I was in the AF nurse corps, I kept a journal...
...for a while, and realized it was possible to write several sentences with no real nouns - all acronyms - DEROS, SPTC, OER,TDY, AFSC, ETA, ETD, D/W and on and on.
Bo Zarts
(25,371 posts)4. As a pilot, my favorite was "DNIF."
Drunk, Not Interested in Flying
3catwoman3
(23,815 posts)6. I will have to ask my retired pilot husband...
...if he knows this one.
In the nurse corps, we didn't have that one.
Aristus
(66,093 posts)5. Welcome back.
Mine was March 14th, 1991. DEROS from the Gulf War...
Tanker tough!
Anyone says liberals hate America can kiss my veteran ass!