Ryan Link, Scott Logan, Geoff Lohmiller, Patrick Long, Kristi Lowenthal, John Ludington III, Eric Mack, Stephen Matthews, Chris McCarthy, Scott Morrison, Chris Nemeth, Daniel Nielsen, Patrick Obruba, Edward Phillips, Gary Rafnson, Kirk Reagan, Glenn Rineheart, Bryce Silver, Greg Soderstrom, MackJan Spencer, Corban Spraker, Michael Starr, Tom Ste. Marie, Julian Stephens, Kelley “KC” Stevens, Chris Stoppel, Joyce (Gange) Storm, Jason Terry, Devin Traynor, Jobie Turner, Chris Van Hoof, Jeremy Vickers, Scott Walker, Brandon Wilkerson, Adrienne (Fleming) Williamsand David Winebrener. Hope your 2017 is off to a good start—I look forward to hearing from more of you soon.
rently the deputy maintenance group commander out at Travis AFB, CA. Kristi is a California native and staff trainer at the University of California, Davis. Following the wedding, the couple honeymooned in Rome, Venice, Paris and London.
–Andi Vinyard, andivinyard@yahoo.com; andrea. vinyard@us.af.mil
1997
Greetings ’97! As always, hope this update finds you well. Last quarter I reported on Alfred Martinez wedding rumors. No “fake news” here -- here are the facts. Alf married Allison Majni this past October in Houston, TX. The wedding ceremony was at the South Texas College of Law Houston, where Allison and Alf met and both graduated. Alf’s best men were classmates Mathew Contreras and Rob Odom. Several USAFA grads attended, and Alf provided class-colored baseball caps for each of them. Pictured in caps from left are Members Tim Sehnem, Steve Strah 74% (’94), Jerry Reyes, Matthew Contreras, Darren Ellisor, Greg Krino, John Christ (’96), Alfred Martinez, Jim Binns, Wallis Laughrey (’98), Brian Groat (’97), Rob Odom, and Jim Huscroft (’95). (See photo Sabre Society Donors at bottom of the page.) Speaking of October wed11 dings... Phil Dorsch and his bride, Kristi, had a small family wedding at the Travis Air Force Base Chapel this past fall. Phil is cur-
Kristi and Phil Dorsch Many people are wondering about dates for the 20-year reunion. As of the time of this writing, the date is still pending the finalization of the Mountain West Conference football schedule, but I imagine it will be well known by the time this is published. Eric Springer sent in a photo of a minireunion that took place at the Maxwell AFB, AL, Officer’s Club this December. Pictured from left are Matt Vann, Jim Govin, Eric, Kevin Fenno, Greg Nita, and Mike Kowal.
’97 Reunion Primer! Here are a few more quick updates. Got a photo of Jeff Payne, Matthew Berg and Pat Suermann out at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas for the Air Force vs New Mexico game. Unfortunately, I had too many photos to include it for this update. Jeff is working
USAFA class spirit at Alf’s wedding!
as air liaison officer and civilian civil engineer in the Dallas-Ft Worth area. Matt is a global quality manager for a large company out of Houston and Pat is down at the AF Installation and Mission Support Center in San Antonio where construction is nearly complete on the house he and his family are building. Was TDY out at Nellis at the ACC Weapons and Tactics Conference outbrief and ran into classmates Sean Monteiro, Roger Maldanado and Samantha Weeks (Glinksi). Samantha leads the 57th Adversary Tactics Group at Nellis. I also got to have a quick dinner with Chris Kay who leads the Nellis contracting squadron and was bemoaning the physical toll of getting old. Got to catch up one afternoon with Brad Holtmeier in Los Angeles. Brad continues work as a partner at CriticalPoint Capital, a Los Angelesbased private equity firm. Brad remarked about Chris Gizzi, the coaching job he’s doing with the Green Bay Packers and this year’s great playoff run. Congrats to Chris for a great season. Had dinner the other night with Jiffy Seto and his family who just made O-6 and is pending a move this summer. Jiffy mentioned getting to fly with Craig Moe on his fini-flight just prior to his retirement ceremony this past January. That’s all I have for this round. Until next time… Mel –Melvin E. Maxwell, Jr., 4660 4th St. South, Arlington, VA 22204; mel_maxwell97@hotmail. com; melvin.e.maxwell2.mil@mail.mil ’98. This will just be a quick update, mostly because I was slow getting material. Have you ever been caught gazing at the mountains on the Terrazzo then forced to say “I like this place. I think I’ll buy it?” Well, Charley Parent and Melissa (Cabot) Parent did exactly that with a place nearby. Charley was teaching at the Academy, and they were raising their four kids in the shadow of the Front Range. Then, the assignment cycle caught up to him. Now he is down at Maxwell, living in a van down by the river (10% rule). Melissa is holding down the fort while still serving in the Reserves, and jet-setting around the world with her Members other job. 69% Other job? Yes. Melissa started as a Rodan + Fields consultant as a part-time job, but in true Dominator style, she’s taken that job and climbed to the top 1% in production. R+F has given Melissa a Lexus and Sabre Society Donors sent her to sandy, exotic places, and I am not talking about 9 Southwest Asia. The amazing thing to me, though, is that she is not alone at the top. Cilla (Peterek) Parkison, Lauren (Eckert) Myers, and Jen (Engh) Griswold ’00
1998
Checkpoints · March 2017