but from what he knew he rose as high as an enlisted man in his field of service could , and first he had to fix all kinds of shit , and then he had men under him who had to fix all kinds of shit and make sure the squadrons worked , and occupation duty in japan led to more warfare in korea , and by the end of korea he was a career man and the cold war was his employer , and mostly he was tasked with seeing to it that the b-52s remained aloft 24 x 7 , always circling the globe , from guam and from minot , always ready to drop their h-bomb payloads on the ruskies or the chicoms in case someone got an itchy finger and ww iii happened .