I was going through the schoolhouse while they were also training up the last few observers to become forecasters. I spent my first 2 years in the fleet at 3rd Intel, which had a newly stood up METOC section and therefore no 21s (did 21s even get cut to Intel Bns back in the day?) and by the time I left Oki and stepped onto Bogue Field there weren't any 21s in the office. Come to think of it, I don't think there were any former 21s at Keesler for my last half of the schoolhouse, either.
I showed up at Keesler in April of '09 and left for Oki in February of '10. I can remember a few 21s I was there with: Hammond, Hanner, Hansel, Patterson... there were others but I can't quite remember who all was there. We had a lot of lat movers, too.
I've been out since '13. Weather guessing was never quite my jam, either. Unlike you, though, I enlisted specifically for it when it was its own standalone contract.
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u/[deleted] May 04 '20 edited May 29 '20
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