After about 8 months I was pulled out of crew and assigned the job of System/Security Manager for a multi-user VAX Cluster servicing 100+ users.
Since the security business was new to me, it took quite an effort to become sort of an expert in that field, but I started to enjoy the job as I went along. In the 9 years, 3 months and a week (this is a military record) that I served at NPC, I was able to accomplish something rare in this line of work: I managed to get along with most everybody.
When the powers that be decided I had served long enough in an international posting, they shipped me to the Royal Technical School of the Air Force, where I will instruct IT in general, and Computer Security in particular.
Since februari 2002, I've changed jobs again. Chief IT maintenance team. We do all the hands-on maintenance of the HW and SW distributed throughout the Technical School. A job I absolutely love!