This is a creeky memory recital, at Dayton, Wright Patterson AFB, as narrated by Berny in his loving memory of his service to the USAF and sincerely to those whom serve, or whom are serving, and no intended offense or ridicule aimed at, or to, the USAF or any USA Department of Defence or their individual personal past or present intended.
Berny gave to his country and sacrificed his own blood and health out of love and respect for his Country, his Flag, and the USAF.
This is by no means a negative or critical reflection on that relationship. Headings or descriptions of departments/personnel are changed and fictitious.
It's just a funny memorial of how things seemed to work on a foggy day way back years and years ago, to a new recruit, whom was charged with procuring a new "resignator"....
Resignator Request
To an AFB respondent,
A new report, inexperienced in USAF AFB Protocol:
Newbee: Reporting for duty sir!
AFB Respondent: Son, we need a new resignator here, now!
Newbee: Yessir……where do I get you one sir!...gets
'vebal' instructions; Goes to the local AFB supply unit responsible for supply: Sir I
need a new resignator, I’m here to pick it up.
AFB supply respondant:
Son, we have them, please let us see your paper work.
Newbee: uhhh, they didn’t give me any paper work, I’m just
here to pick it up.
AFB supply: Son, we need paper work requesting the
resignator you are requesting. No one can walk in here requesting government
material without duly authorized papers to request government materials or
process.
Newbee: But they said I could come here an get it.
AFB supply: No Sir!, son,,,,, look, you have to go back and
get the paperwork for the request, and bring it back to us. For this request,
it needs to be signed by the AFB Commander.
Newbee goes back, asks Respondent, and is channeled to the
steno’s who get him the paper work……
Newbee goes back to AFB supply respondent: Son, this is the
right paperwork. Son, it has not been signed.
Newbee: “But it was signed by the AFB Commander!”
AFB supply: "No, Son, AFB Commander has general authority to
sign. We have no notice here to the effect from a section master. This is a request for a specific
item, you also need the Chief Master Sergeant’s signature."
So Newbee runs over a few miles and more hours to get
written authorization and signatures from Respondent:
AFB Chief Master Segeant's respondent: “Newbee, where is your paperwork requesting this
resignator from the Chief Master Segeant?!!”
Newbee: “You said to get it from AFB supply, and they said I
needed paper work requesting it from the Chief Master Segeant. So I need your request in
writing.”
AFB Chief Master Segeant's Respondent: "Son, I said we needed a resignator. I did not
authorize you to claim that under this authorization. You need to go to
‘Requests for materials’ to get the authorization paper work."
Newbee dutifully goes to the AFB supply department, requesting
materials, and they say “Where is the paperwork from Respondent, requesting the
materials?”
Newbee, shocked, says, “they asked me to get it from you!”
And they say, well, “but it has to be on paperwork from
them!”
Newbee goes back to AFB Respondent “Sir, I request from you
paper work requesting from AFB supply a new resignator.”
AFB Respondent: “Yes, we need a new resignator….here is the
authorized paper work….”
Newbee goes back to the AFB supply, they accept the paper
work, and they dutifully produce the new resignator to Newbee…….
Newbee goes back to AFB Respondent with resignator in hand:
“Here is the new Resignator and the paperwork”
AFB Respondent: Yes, this is a new resignator. Is it
energized? Where is the energization confirmation paperwork?
Newbee: What energization paperwork?
AFB Respondent: You have to go back and get it energized.
Newbee dutifully goes back to the AFB Supply department,
requesting energization,
“I need this resignator energized”
and they say “Where is the paperwork from AFB Chief Master Segeant's Respondent,
requesting the energization?”:
So: AFB Supply: Where is the energization request paper
work?
Newbee goes back to AFB AFB Chief Master Segeant's Respondent.
AFB Chief Master Segeant's Respondent: Son, I said we needed a resignator. And we
needed it energized . I did not authorize you to claim that under this
authorization. You need to go to ‘Requests for materials’ to get the
authorization paper work for energization authorization.
Newbee dutifully goes back to the Requests for materials department,
requesting energization, and they say “Where is the paperwork from AFB Chief Master Segeant's Respondent, requesting the energization?”
"'Son, this is a request paperwork, not an authorization paperwork.....get the authorization......."
And
Where is the AFB ‘Denial Of Service Due to Lack of
paperwork’ from AFB Supply”
Newbee dutifully goes to the AFB Respondent, requesting
paperwork for authorization paper work for energization, and they say “Where is the paperwork from AFB Respondent,
requesting energization paperwork?”
Newbee: “But you asked me to get the resignator energized!”
AFB Chief Master Segeant's Respondent: “Do you have that in triplicate? Where is
your originating request paper work? ----Why have you not produced the resignator as requested?”
Newbee: "But I tried to do what you asked sir!"
AFB Chief Master Segeant's Respondent: "Son, like I asked, Where is the paper work where I asked you for the energized resignator signed by me and where is the authorization paper work signed by me?"
LMAO!
Anyhow, this was the days before computers....
Sure, Berny threw a few curves and crafted a tale, but he was so flat and sincere in his delivery.....he'ld only start laughing after you did......
We had a laugh over that as Berny carried on with his jokes and memories and smoked the cigarettes from one of his last packs....