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2006-10-17 Britain

New NATO intelligence centre opens in Britain

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Posted by Fred 2006-10-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Yep, it'll be a good place to go... The US already has the center of its intelligence operations at RAF Molesworth. My former unit, the 497RTG, was disbanded in 1992 and most of its assets transferred to Molesworth. I'm sure it'll be nice having NATO just across the street, as long as there aren't a few dozen moles in the number. A few of the people I worked with at Schierstein, GE, are at Molesworth now, mostly as civilians.

The real kicker is, that when I was stationed at RAF Alconbury, I lived about 5 miles from Molesworth, and it wasn't operational at that time. I'd have given just about anything to have stayed in England at the time, but couldn't - no slot. I was transferred to the 497th, in Germany - again.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-10-17 19:41|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-10-17 19:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Heh, OP. Different area of specialization, but husband came *this close* to a tour in Harrowgate. Which I wanted even tho there was no way for me to keep my career going while there.

He got talked out of it by an O6 who was close to wearing a star and went to AFIT instead.

Posted by lotp 2006-10-17 19:45|| 2006-10-17 19:45|| Front Page Top

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