After two and one half years of B-52's the Air Force issued a directive allowing crew members to ask for voluntary grounding. I applied. My superior signed the request and said I would never be allowed to stay on active duty if I was grounded. Much to his surprise my request was approved and I was sent to Brigham Young University as an AFROTC instructor.
I had been competing with college graduates all this time and now with only a high school diploma I became an assistant professor of Air Science. The only faculty member listed in the BYU catalog with no college degree.
It was a wonderful, fulfilling experience to teach leadership training and navigation to college juniors and seniors. This was only a three year assignment. I earned a Bachelor in Science degree in Business Management during those years while teaching full time.
Brigham Young University Catalog
AFROTC Cadets
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