"I’d do it all again if I had to,” says retiring Air Force public affairs officer

WASHINGTON D.C. — In a ceremony at the Pentagon, Air Force Col. and Public Affairs Officer Chip Cushjob retired after 29 years of service, declaring that he “would do it all again if [he] had to."

Cushjob said during his retirement speech, "I've spent three decades crafting my own perfect microbrews, smoking beautiful Cuban cigars across the globe, almost sweating on deployments to austere air-conditioned environments, and really sacrificed my golf game, taking all of those free family days.”

Cushjob held positions in Tampa Bay, Florida; San Antonio, Texas; and at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. His overseas experiences ranged from Bahrain to Osan Air Base in South Korea, where Cushjob received calluses on his back from receiving too many massages.

His greatest contributions to war efforts included sincere efforts to justify the concepts of air power on Air Force social media accounts. “Convincing the American people that we're really good at what we do," Cushjob said, “Yeah. That was the hardest thing I ever had to do.”

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