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Texas Aggies

fillerGently resisting change since 1876filler

Me in a T-37
This is NOT what Jimbo Wales meant when he said to "ignore all rules."

I am a 30 year old, Captain in the United States Air Force and an Electronic Warfare Officer in the B-52H at Barksdale Air Force Base. I was previously assigned as a Communications Officer in the 16th Special Operations Wing (now the 1st Special Operations Wing) at Hurlburt Field, Florida. I have two deployments to the Middle East, five lengthy assignments to Air Force schools, and am a graduate of the Dynamics of International Terrorism class taught at the Air Force Special Operations School. Prior to that assignment, I spent 5 years at Texas A&M University, a Senior Military College, where I graduated in 2002 with a degree in computer science and a minor in mathematics.

For those interested in my name, BQ stands for, historically, "band qualified" or, colloquially, "band queer" in the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band in the Corps of Cadets. Zip is a nickname for a senior in the Corps and 2001 is my class year at Texas A&M University. For those interested in the discrepancy between my graduation date and my class year, at Texas A&M, it is customary to be assigned your class year based on when you entered the school (i.e. the freshmen starting in Fall of 2000 are the class of 2004). Nothing you do changes that class year, even if you graduate "late." I graduated late because my degree plan required 135+ hours and my ROTC credit hours (28 of them) did not count towards that degree.


“ Just remember...no one's right...and no one's wrong...

...until I say so

”
— Homer Simpson
The Simpsons
“ Guys, I've been aboard this encyclopedia for two years now. I'm glad to be here. I had to be here, I guess. But I'm thinking now of you, OldAg07, and you, Johntex. And Karanacs, and BlueAg09, and Ahodges7 and everyone else on this bucket. All the guys everywhere who sail from Tedium to Apathy and back again, with an occasional side trip to Monotony. This is a tough crew on here, and they have a wonderful battle record. But I've discovered that the unseen enemy of this encyclopedia is the senseless bickering that eventually becomes a faith and, therefore, a terrible sort of suicide. I know now that the ones who refuse to surrender to it are the strongest of all. Right now I'm looking at something that's hanging on my user page. A preposterous hunk of brass attached to the most bilious piece of ribbon I've ever seen. I'd rather have it than some war medal. It tells me what I'll always be proud of: that at a time when courage counted, I lived among many brave Wikipedians unwilling to surrender to dispassion, willing to throw caution to the wind, for a fleeting chance of inconsequential glory or to make the world a better place. ”
— Heavily paraphrased from Henry Fonda
as the title character in Mister Roberts


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If you're going for FA, if no-one else can help, and if you can find him, then maybe you can hire this user.
This user is American; recognized ancestry ends at the border.
This user has visited 43 of the 50 United States.43
This user lives in the
U.S. State of Texas.
This user is in the United States Military.
This user is a Captain in the
United States Air Force.
This user is a current or former student of Texas A&M University. Gig 'em Aggies!
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This user helped promote Fightin' Texas Aggie Band to the main page as Today's Featured Article on 11 September 2007.
This user helped promote Aggie Bonfire to the main page as Today's Featured Article on 22 December 2007.
This user helped promote Texas A&M University to featured article status.
This user helped promote History of Texas A&M University to featured article status.
This user helped promote Fightin' Texas Aggie Band to featured article status.
This user helped promote Aggie Bonfire to featured article status.
This user helped promote United States Military Academy to featured article status.
This user helped promote List of Texas Aggie terms to featured list status.
This user is married.
12,000+This user has made more than 12,000 contributions to Misplaced Pages.
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We Tappa Kegga.
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I Felta Thi.
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☢This user is an escaped genetic experiment.
This user spends far too much time editing his user page.

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WikiProject Texas A&M.
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  • Awarded by Blueag9 for his great efforts in improving Texas A&M-related articles Awarded by Blueag9 for his great efforts in improving Texas A&M-related articles
  • Awarded by Karanacs for brightening up her day with a joke Awarded by Karanacs for brightening up her day with a joke
  • WikiCookie awarded by Defender 911 for contributions to his talk page WikiCookie awarded by Defender 911 for contributions to his talk page
  • Awarded by Karanacs for taking the lead in making Texas A&M University a Good Article and an excellent job in all Aggie-related areas Awarded by Karanacs for taking the lead in making Texas A&M University a Good Article and an excellent job in all Aggie-related areas
  • Awarded by Ecoleetage in celebration of expanding the depth and scope of Misplaced Pages's content and strengthening the level of Misplaced Pages's character Awarded by Ecoleetage in celebration of expanding the depth and scope of Misplaced Pages's content and strengthening the level of Misplaced Pages's character
  • Awarded by Ahodges7 for selflessly extending a helping hand. Thank you. Awarded by Ahodges7 for selflessly extending a helping hand. Thank you.
  • Awarded by ESkog for your work in building a compromise consensus solution in the always-contentious realm of non-free media. Awarded by ESkog for your work in building a compromise consensus solution in the always-contentious realm of non-free media.
  • by Schmidt, MICHAEL Q.: I think you know what this one is for... :) by Schmidt, : I think you know what this one is for... :)
  • by Ahodges7 for the purpose of "Cracking it open upon completion of check ride by Ahodges7 for the purpose of "Cracking it open upon completion of check ride

Pages which I have either wrote or been a primary contributor/editor

Respectfully, screw with these pages and you better have some damn good evidence to back you up! :-)

Featured Articles
Template:FATexas A&M University
Template:FAFightin' Texas Aggie Band
Template:FAAggie Bonfire
Template:FAHistory of Texas A&M University
Template:FAList of Texas Aggie terms
Template:FAUnited States Military Academy

Others
Crud
Senior Military College
Texas A&M Corps of Cadets
V-22 Osprey

Interesting Facts

I have been within 10 yards of a bear in the wild; I was not protected by anything...and I was 10 years old at the time.

I am one of a limited number of westerners who has been to North Korea. I did this when I visited Korea in 2000 as a cadet in the Joint Security Area .

In my 28 years, I have experienced air temperatures as low as -78°F and as high as 132°F. These are not windchill or heat index temperatures and represent a range greater than from water freezing to boiling. It's 210°F of difference, folks!

My to do list

Not yet done

Completed

Visitors, if you have any suggestions, feel free to add them to my list.

Unbelievable acts of sportsmanship

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/24392612/

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/preps/39694457.html

Other

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This user needs sleep

This guy's got the right idea!

Locations in my life

Countries

US States/ Territories/ Federal Districts

Canadian Provinces/ Territories

Places I've Been
States, Districts, and TerritoriesAlabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky , Louisiana , Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma , Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
CountriesBahrain, Canada, Germany, Mexico, North Korea, Qatar, Romania, South Korea, United States
Colleges and UniversitiesTexas A&M, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Baylor University, Creighton University, Kansas State University, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State University, Trinity University, Texas Tech, Texas State University, University of Florida, University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska-Omaha, University of Oklahoma, University of Texas at San Antonio, that overglorified junior college in Austin
StadiumsKyle Field, Superdome, Independence Bowl, Alamodome, Cotton Bowl, The Meadowlands, Floyd Casey Stadium, Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium , Notre Dame Stadium, Boone Pickens Stadium, Memorial Stadium (University of Kansas), Memorial Stadium (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium insert joke about this stadium's name here, Jones AT&T Stadium, and the stadium at that overglorified junior college in Austin
Other band notable performancesSugar Bowl, Fiesta Bowl Parade, Alamo Bowl, Kickoff Classic, Big XII Championship x 2, Battle of Flowers Parade x 3, Carnegie Hall, Houston Stock Show and Rodeo Parade, Blessing of the Fleet (Galveston) x 2

* Bold indicates places I have been for more than 3 consecutive months or 6 non-consecutive months. Italics indicates places I have been for more than 5 consecutive days or 10 non-consecutive days

When Ahodges7 arrived at Taji
After Ahodges7 left Taji



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This is a pie chart about procrastination.

Milestones

Milestones 1, 5, 10, ..., 8000

Edit #1 My first contribution to Misplaced Pages as a registered user regarding the Traditions of Texas A&M University

Edit #10 Fixed the signature in a discussion regarding the United States Air Force (still working on signing with the four tildes at that point)

Edit #20 Reformatted a discussion about the Traditions of Texas A&M University

Edit #30 Pointed out a problem by someone's solution as to which aircraft to include in the United_States_Air_Force inventory

Edit #40 Clarified the differences between the Navy's departmental organization and that of the U.S. Air Force

Edit #50 Pointed out that not all marching bands do things the same way

Edit #60 Clarified more specific variants of the C-130 airframe

Edit #70 Fixed a red link by fixing capitalization on the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets page

Edit #80 Fixed some formatting issues on the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets page

Edit #90 Pointed out that the MC-130 is much more expensive than the AC-130

Edit #100 Fixed my signature on a fellow Aggie's user talk page (still working on signing with the four tildes at that point)

Edit #200 Fixed a spacing issue on the ROTC page

Edit #300 I'm a Fightin' Texas Aggie...

Edit #400 Specified AFSOC's role in SOCOM

Edit #500 Added a reference Trice Stadium's entry in the List of NCAA Division I FBS football stadiums

Edit #600 Took out flags of Canadian Provinces I haven't yet visited from my user page.

Edit #700 Added F-111 reference to the B-1 Lancer page

Edit #800 Tweaked my user page

Edit #900 Fixed the number of Cadets in the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band on the Traditions of Texas A&M University page

Edit #1,000 Fixed a notice that DoD was a link to the United States Department of Defense. It no longer is, but that was consensus at the time.

Edit #2,000 Answered a query by User:Karanacs regarding sourcing in pushing for Texas A&M University to become a featured article

Edit #3,000 Renamed a duplicate reference in Fightin' Texas Aggie Band

Edit #4,000 Explained why I reverted changes to an image since the new version obscured the details the original image was intended to show

Edit #5,000 Answered the critiques of fellow editors following the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band article's stint as Today's Featured Article.

Edit #6,000 Restored the name of the AC-130 gunship and fixed a link broken by an IP editor

Edit #7,000 Explained to another editor why I was pissed that someone had accused me of doing something illegal

Edit #8,000 Commented on an image up for deletion. The image was deleted from Misplaced Pages a few days later

Edit #9,000 Commented on an copyrighted image up for deletion. The image was deleted from Misplaced Pages a few days later. My success rate to date is over 99% of the images I support for deletion/retention are deleted/kept.

Edit #10,000 Attempted to mediate a dispute on the USS Liberty incident page

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