I was just my father's son.

He was a 25-year military man. I was a dependant... that's why they called us military brats. We had all the benefits, free medical & dental, BX and commissary privileges, dirt-cheap flight lessons, horseback riding, dirt-cheap movies at two theaters, and four different swimming pools… lots of cool stuff on an Air Force base, but we had no obligations or responsibilities like the enlisted personnel. It was a good life.