I took my 30th trip to New Orleans in May for a few days of legal conference. My son got a “cadet of the year” award via his Civil Air Patrol squadron that the local VFW presented him, and I liked the guys who presented it so much that I joined their chapter. After a week in New Orleans, my bride and I flew up to Nashville for a reunion with my old squadron, the 118th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, which was closed 10 years ago. We stayed with…