However, I think I did the right thing by not re-enlisting.
   I am too much of a maverick to be compatible with the
   military culture. If I hadn't been able to serve in SF, my
   Army time would probably have been awful.

   The way I operate is tell me what you want done then get the
   hell out of my way and let me go do it. I'll figure out how
   to do it and if I need help I'll find the right person and
   ask for it. For the most part SF allowed me to function that
   way. Actually was able to go from E1 to E6 in 37 months.

   Even as early as "69 I could see the military beginning to
   change in ways I knew I couldn't tolerate.

   When AT&T was running Sandia Labs I had the freedom to
   operate the way I liked. But now that DOE is micromanaging
   through Lockheed Martin that freedom is gone. I can't wait
   to move on to something else.

   No regrets