[QCWA] Daylight "Saving?" Time

[Pete Kemp]

Life without Daylight Savings time can be strange.    When stationed 
in Okinawa we were on one time all year long.  No problem.  This 
particular base was 24/7 operation.   Half the base personnel were on 
rotating shifts. 2 eves, 2 days, 2 mids and 80 hours off.  Sometimes 
called  2, 2, 2 and 80.  So called "day workers" basically worked 0730-1600.

In the winter things did make you feel a bit like an animal living 
underground for the season.  We never saw the sun, unless it was a 
weekend, as we worked in secured facilities, without windows. We got 
up in the dark went to work, and returned in the dark.  It was a bit odd.

One benefit of a 24/7 base was that all facilities were open all the 
time, the exchange, library, gym/athletic fields and the MARS shack.

73,
Pete, KZ1Z