I'm a retired US Air Force veteran. I was an Air Battle Manager for 13 1/2 years retiring at the rank of Captain. I worked for eight different defense contractor companies covering a 16 year span. I served five years as a GS member. I spent 18 years plus in the Air Operations Center arena as a TBMCS applications instructor and troubleshooter. I spent four years as a contractor working at the PSAB CAOC (2001-2002) and the Al-Udeid CAOC 2007 to 2010 and briefly in 2014. I'm now retired retired.