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...1970s, in the aftermath of the 1969 University Hall takeover, was not military friendly. But Henderson still felt drawn to service and decided to talk to a recruiter about becoming an intelligence officer...
...friends thought I was crazy,” Henderson wrote in an e-mail from the USS Juneau...
...When the recruiter seemed more interested in steering Henderson toward flight school than intelligence, Henderson was sold...
...Henderson excelled at flight school and soon was chosen to be commanding officer of Strike Fighter Squadron 146, his first command. VFA-146, as the squadron was called in military jargon, went on to win the Estocin Award as the top FA18 squadron in the Navy. The success of VFA-146 made Henderson consider a career in the Navy more seriously...
...This positive experience in command helped encourage me to stay in the Navy and seek even greater responsibility in Major Command,” Henderson writes...