...nurse corps, I went to Star Trek conventions. One in Houston, and one in New Orleans. Had a great time. Gene Roddenberry was the keynote speaker at one of them - can't remember which. I got my picture taken with Jimmy Doohan, and also with Walter Koenig.
In the pediatric clinic at the Air Force Base, we were allowed to wear colored lab coats to make us look less scary to our little patients. I had a pink one, a yellow one, and a blue one. 'we could also put some sort of decoration on the lapels of the coats. I had a science officer patch sewn onto the blue lab coat. There was a small Trek memorabilia shop in San Antonio named Star Base One, and that is where I had purchased it.
One day, I was in one of the hospital elevators, and someone noticed the science officer patch, thought it was a military decoration and asked what it had been awarded for. I explained that it was from Star Trek and why I could get away with having it on my lab coat. The person asked where I'd gotten it, and without thinking how strange it was going to sound, I replied, "Star Base One." I got a very strange look, and figured the questioner probably thought I should be on my way to the psych unit. 
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