Shemya, Where It Should Be Tomorrow

Shemya lies West of the 180 degree meridian where time leaps a day.
The political demarcation called the Date Line, however, takes a sharp jog to the West; enough to keep Shemya's date the same as the rest of the United States. This decision, strangely enough, makes Shemya the last, instead of the first, Air Force installation in the United States
to greet the new date. Our flag is the last to be lowered at retreat
but we get to sleep longer in the morning.

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