CLASS NEWS pictures I saw showed they were constructed to picture-perfect specification! And, I dare say, probably MUCH less funding was required than what we were charged at the reunion; am I right?!
Mitch’s Mountains are a Supplisson favorite – let’s all DIG IN! Jason Healey has been a visiting scholar for the summer at Stanford University to continue research on the dynamics of cyber conflict for the DoD, as part of his work as a senior research scholar at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. We hope you got through a great amount of exciting research, Jason! CS-26 bros Jim Sheridan and Daryl Sassaman linked up at Old Hickory Golf Course in Woodbridge, VA, where Daryl lives. Jim is a first officer flying for United living in Fredericksburg, VA, and Daryl is a contractor with Headquarters AF Operations working on Air Advisor Policy.
Jim, at left, and Daryl linking up on the links! See you in the fall! –Carson Tavenner, 7912 Carlisle Place, Arlington, WA 98223; (301) 367-8969; Tavenner@hotmail. com (Update Your Profile! Graduates can now enter their non-rated career field into the AFSC title box in their Member Profile at www. usafa.org or call 719-472-0300 extension 132, Mr. John Rice. It is important for all grads to keep their profiles updated with career and contact information so we can stay connected with you! Please update your profile today so we have accurate information for the Register of Graduates.)
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come out just after the reunion, but you’ll have to wait for the next column to get any details of the reunion itself. Hopefully, you’re not depending on the next column as a proxy for attending the reunion, but rather you had the chance to attend in person and reconnect and reminisce with many classmates. Members Virtual mail bag. I got an 49% email from David Sutton who was recently hobnobbing with POTUS and the Australian Prime Minister, Turnbull, at the American-Australian Association gala in New York commemorating the 75th anSabre Society Donors niversary of the Battle of the 15 Coral Sea. But those weren’t the ones that impressed David; he was pretty much in awe of the surviving vets who attended. Among the “VIPs” David ran into was Chris McDavid, who is the VP and general counsel for Pratt & Whitney’s military engine division. David had the opportunity to attend this event representing Lockheed Martin from D.C. as the director for International Affairs for Asia. Thanks for the note, David!
David and Chris Ken Callahan got his last issue of Checkpoints and finally decided it was time to send in an update. He’s just finished a three-year tour at Purdue University where he was awarded his PhD in history and is now at Air War College as permanent faculty. He was excited to be back on a USAF base, but I think he was not as enthusiastic about the summer heat in Alabama. Passing the torch. Al Bloir shared news on a few classmates that was long overdue. Al mentioned that Tim Townsend and Mike Maguire are both flying commercially with Mike at FedEx. In June, Al attended the UPT graduation of his sonin-law, Jeff Hill, (USAFA ’15) from Laughlin SUPT class 17-11. Jeff and Al’s oldest daughter, Andrea, are heading to McChord where he’ll fly the C-17. Al tried to rekindle some youth hanging out at the bar and telling his UPT war stories. Actually, he quite
enjoyed the opportunity to spend some time with the newest generation of USAF pilots. Al retired in February 2012 and started working at First Command. He was recently promoted to district advisor and he and the family moved to Biloxi, MS to take the position. Coincidentally, Mike (C-Dot) Smith is the wing commander of the 81st Training Wing at Keesler AFB. Al claims that he and Mike find themselves together at the informal bar only occasionally… Al and Tina have been married for 25 years and they have two other children, Lauren (20), a senior at Mississippi State in AFROTC, and Ryan (17), who is a high school senior. Suzy Streeter is a frequent contributor and wrote to tell me she attended Frank Flores’ retirement at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), Alaska. Frank and his wife, Jorgi, are heading back to Guam with their three boys for post-retirement where he’s hoping to be a JROTC instructor at a local high school. Jorgi will be teaching for a year and eventually taking over the family business in real estate/insurance.
Suzy and Frank Suzy is completing group command at JBER and is headed back to Colorado Springs to be a deputy at AFSPC A2/A3/A6. She mentioned that her house-hunting trip to the Springs included 27 May and she reported that it was rainy and stormy that day too, exactly 25 years later. Not trying to brag, but the dwindling ’92 crowd here in Hawaii all went out to dinner on 27 May with our wives and the weather here was the usual Hawaii weather— perfect! That dinner included Mike and Christina Cardoza, James and Kimberly Shigekane, Art and Leslie Primas, and Michelle and I. We had a great dinner in Waikiki, but you’ll just have to take my word for it because there’s no room for the photo in the column…. Shortly thereafter, Mike Cardoza retired in a great ceremony in the Courtyard of Heroes at the HQ PACAF building and then headed back to STRATCOM and Omaha to find a job. Lisa (Horton) Stevenson has been a pretty frequent contributor and shared a photo of the intel career field’s developmental team (DT) who met this summer. The DT consisted of ’92 Intel Officers Tom (Dobber) Dobbs, Shane (Toupe) Hamilton, and Lisa and her husband, Michael (MiG) Stevenson. Also in the picture is Ginger Wallace (’90) who is the outbound career field manager. As Lisa said, “We still gently give her a hard time about terrifying us 29 years ago in 2nd BCT…”