Guam in the Distance…

I was supposed to have the day off from work, one that was a long time coming. Mike Enos called me at about 5am or so and asked me if I have seen the TV news. I told him I hadn’t, and he suggested I check CNN and then decide if I still wanted to take the day off. I quickly turn on the TV and see replaying footage of the first hijacked plane hitting the first (north or south?) tower. It was totally unreal. Well, so much for taking the day off. I got dressed and sped off to work.

It was still early on and the scope of the terrorist attacks was still underway, so I got on Wheeler AAF thru the back gate with little traffic or security check procedures. But by the time the official start of the duty day kicked in the gates (on all military installations) had gone to the highest force protection phase, traffic was snarled, and even the commander (was it COL Walker at the time?) couldn’t get in for hours.

Another day in infamy.