Being on top of a Soviet attack sub that sounded like a washing machine just before the USSR expired. I always tell people that I had a front row seat for the end of the Cold War.

Getting to work with some of the best pilots and people I've ever known.

Watching my students grow through FAMs and learn to make good decisions.

Sitting in the rear seat of a T-34C hardly able to believe that I got paid to instruct.

Listening to "war stories" from my fellow pilots.