Dandy Don Devine

Back when I got to Atsugi Japan, my supervisor was Don Devine. When I got there, he told me if I ever needed anything just to let him know. He said "I'm here for YOU guys!"
He seemed like an alright guy at the time, but like mold..he grows on you, just not in a good way. He had a ritual of taking you outside to chew your ass for stupid ass reasons. He called it "the tree" and if he suddenly was mad..he would point and say, "TREE!" This guy was wound up as tight as a gnat's ass wrapped around a 55 gallon barrel. Anyway, he didn't like me much and did everything he could to screw me over. I didn't get the worst of it either, there was a tall skinny blonde kid (Clark-Asheby) who caught the brunt of Don's wrath. I can't think of his name but he was a pretty good kid, just young and a little goofy. We got all the shitty jobs even after we weren't the new guys anymore.
Don was "here for YOU guys" until his ass was on the chopping block...he would offer you up as a sacrificial lamb in a heartbeat. He kissed every chief's ass that came within 100 feet of him.
Don sent me to anger management classes because I told him I had dreams of killing him every night. Not nightmares..DREAMS! I told him once that he better hope he doesn't die because I would stop by every morning to piss on his grave. The sad part is that I meant every word.
Things came to a boiling point and I figured I was going to end up in the brig for killing him. He came and asked me if I wanted to take a different job running 1st Louie on the day I earned 3rd class. I wanted away from him and I accepted. 1st Louie is the clean up squad, we cleaned all the shitters. He thought he was screwing me but I did pretty well. I was a third class petty officer doing the same job as second class guys. I was the supervisor and I only answered to the Command Master Chief. It was actually great for awhile. I had good guys working with me and I could talk them into doing a really good job. I got commendations and stuff that helped me get a better score on my advancement tests. I made second class and I barely knew anything about the jets.
After Don left the squadron, I finally got to go back to working on aircraft. Within the month, since I made second class...they made me night check supervisor. Again, I had to rely on the other guys because I didn't know shit. Nightly I had to sign off on the jets that they could go flying and I just had to trust the guys in the shop. Shortly after that, my time was up and I got to go home.
I really appreciate guys like Secor, Nicoll, Mammola, Doc, Sysko, Larsen, Lucy, O'Hare, Wade, Althouse, and a bunch of others...they got me through. Thanks buddies!!