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NAF
Washington

My next duty assignment was to Naval Air Facility Washington, onboard Andrews Air Force Base, in Maryland. This was my first encounter with "TAR's." I never knew they even existed. After I did some work in the Pentagon, I actually received an "award" (it wasn't worth any points) accusing me of being a TAR. It never made it to my service record!

Once again I had the "honor" of making the most of a day off by participating in an event involving the President of the United States of America. (I was off on the day "volunteers" were selected.) I got to march behind the horses (and their resulting "piles") as a participant during the Inaugural Parade of President Clinton. The announcer called me a "Reserve." So much for accuracy in the media! I did receive an awesome looking certificate though.

While at NAF Washington, I experienced "regionalization" firsthand and became part of Naval District Washington. That meant I was no longer assigned to NAF Washington. My records were still maintained there, I still stood duty there, and I still worked there. So what changed? When NAF Washington sent all their personnel home due to severe weather conditions, I got to stay there at work because I didn't work for them, I worked for Naval District Washington.

While assigned to NAF Washington, I also had the opportunity to do a little surveying work with CBU-422.

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