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Bass boats and a man from green bay.(Candid Voices)(work overtime)

Air Force Journal of Logistics

| September 22, 2008 | Anderson, Duane | COPYRIGHT 2008 U.S. Air Force, Logistics Management Agency. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Introduction

If you happen to drive onto Tinker Air Force Base on a summer Saturday morning, you will notice a strange phenomenon. On the south side of the flag pole, taking up two parking spots, are a large number of F150s, F250s, Dodge Rams, and Chevy Super Cabs, hitched to boats of all kinds, but mostly bass boats. Since I am a new Air Force civilian employee (having only worked a bare 10 years), I have been told by seasoned employees that there used to be many more boats in the parking lot on Saturdays, and that the bass boat population has especially declined.

Why all the boats? The answer is overtime. Often, overtime becomes more like base pay, ...

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