Retired from the USAF in 1984, my nick name, Ole Sarge, was given to me by my seriously old Aunt Dottie. She was a gumpy ole gal, but I loved her.
I have been welding off and on since high school, even had a job in the early 70's doing mig for a company in Ohio. It was part time work and payed 5 bucks an hour. This was part time work for me as I was still in the USAF, but the pay was great for part time work, most part time work paid 1.50 or so, gotta remember this was back in the early 70's
Most of my welding has been stick and mig, I have a Miller 250 bobcat, a Hobart 200 amp mig and a Hobard 187.