Wonderful recognition of a great career.
To see her acceptance speech, click here: http://www.goairforcefalcons.com/allaccess/?media=389146&hq_e=el&hq_m=471701&hq_l=31&hq_v=070d920575
USAFA84: The best class to set foot on the United States Air Force Academy
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Congrats to Karen Burton Reeder or her induction to the USAFA Athletic Hall of Fame
I was able to attend the event, where Karen and the other inductees were terrific!
Monday, April 29, 2013
Spring 2013 Update
Mike Jensen
12035 Milam Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80908719-338-3570
usafahomes@gmail.com
www.usafa84.com
Twitter: @USAFA84
Twitter: @USAFA84
Updates: I heard from Robin Hamelin, Carlos Bernal, Jeff Burum, Kathy (Callaghan)Rex, Paul Marvin, Frank Ricotta, Mike Lynch, Carol (Winkelman) Atkinson, and those listed below. Most drop a note just to say “Hello” but kept most of their info close to their vest J
Hitting the ground running: I knew that Mike “Moses” Malone and his family has a superstar daughter on the track team, now I find out that another classmate has the speed gene: “Ike” Eichenberger and their family has daughter, Annette, entering the record books for several different running events at the Zoo. To make matters more interesting, Annette is junior now and is trying to best our classmate, Gail Conway Grey's, time in the 800m. Gails record is still standing 29 years later: Gail’s record is 2:03.92. Annette ran a 2:06.63 at the Stanford Invitational a few weeks ago. “Ike’s” nephew Stuart Eichenberger is also at USAFA as a Junior, and he is on the Wings of Blue team, loves it. Adding to that outstanding news is their number #2, Jack Eichenberger, accepted an appointment to USAFA, and is going to be a Basic this summer, class of 2017! Ike is still working at Accenture Federal Services, govt clients, since retiring.
“Der Kaiser” Scott Wilhelm was in NYC for negotiations & had the chance to accompany the local deputies on a high threat move that his folks brought in. His son, Ian (A1C), was picked up for the prep school through the LEAD program, and will be starting his freshman year when we are up for our 30th.
Keith and Valerie Heien will be coming out for graduation. Their son, Matthew, will be graduating from CS19 (now Wolverines, not Starship!) with a BS in Systems Engineering Management and heading to Vance AFB for UPT. Keith swore their oldest son, Andrew, in as a 2Lt last December after he graduated with a BS in Computer Science from the MO Univ of Science and Technology (MO S&T). Andrew, (obviously smarter than Keith), is currently in training for Cyber Security. He was an intern in Information Assurance at the AF Research Lab the past two summers. They are now empty nesters as their youngest, daughter Kristine ("no way I'm going in the Air Force"), began a 6 and 1/2 year physical therapy program at Maryville University last fall. Keith is a First Officer at UPS and retired from the Reserves in 2009
Keith and Valerie Heien will be coming out for graduation. Their son, Matthew, will be graduating from CS19 (now Wolverines, not Starship!) with a BS in Systems Engineering Management and heading to Vance AFB for UPT. Keith swore their oldest son, Andrew, in as a 2Lt last December after he graduated with a BS in Computer Science from the MO Univ of Science and Technology (MO S&T). Andrew, (obviously smarter than Keith), is currently in training for Cyber Security. He was an intern in Information Assurance at the AF Research Lab the past two summers. They are now empty nesters as their youngest, daughter Kristine ("no way I'm going in the Air Force"), began a 6 and 1/2 year physical therapy program at Maryville University last fall. Keith is a First Officer at UPS and retired from the Reserves in 2009
Joe Calderon had lunch with Marty Louthan in Shanghai during a United trip.
Andy Klein retired in December of 2007 after 21 years active and reserve duty from Shepard. Thirteen of those years were spent as a tweet IP, including all 8 1/2 in the reserves.
He came back to American Airlines after six years off, all working for Northrop Grumman building pilot training courseware for the F-35 program. He traded the cubicle for the cockpit once again. After 18 months commuting to MIA he was finally able to hold DFW 737 FO starting last December.
Along the way he had to leave the country to find his new bride, Liz, a Canadian who is an agent for American in Toronto. Married on 12/12/12; which SHOULD be easy to remember. After a honeymoon to Paris (France, not Texas) they are commuting for marriage until residency and job transfers take place.
Andy and Liz now have five daughters and one son. Jess, is working on her Masters at UT in Austin and lives with his middle daughter, Alexe, who is still working towards her first "real" job after graduating from UT last May. Liz's oldest daughter, Meg, just landed a new digital advertising job in downtown Toronto. Her middle daughter, Lauren, is managing a Sally Beauty Supply store in Mississauga and starting her own business. Her son, Cam, is starting a college business coop program in the fall at Niagara College in St. Catherine's, Ontario. Last but not least, his youngest daughter, Tori, graduates from Doherty High School next month and will be attending the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts next fall. Yes, it is the big acting school on Manhattan (New York, not Kansas). Donations are now being accepted for the Tori Klein scholarship fund. J
He came back to American Airlines after six years off, all working for Northrop Grumman building pilot training courseware for the F-35 program. He traded the cubicle for the cockpit once again. After 18 months commuting to MIA he was finally able to hold DFW 737 FO starting last December.
Along the way he had to leave the country to find his new bride, Liz, a Canadian who is an agent for American in Toronto. Married on 12/12/12; which SHOULD be easy to remember. After a honeymoon to Paris (France, not Texas) they are commuting for marriage until residency and job transfers take place.
Andy and Liz now have five daughters and one son. Jess, is working on her Masters at UT in Austin and lives with his middle daughter, Alexe, who is still working towards her first "real" job after graduating from UT last May. Liz's oldest daughter, Meg, just landed a new digital advertising job in downtown Toronto. Her middle daughter, Lauren, is managing a Sally Beauty Supply store in Mississauga and starting her own business. Her son, Cam, is starting a college business coop program in the fall at Niagara College in St. Catherine's, Ontario. Last but not least, his youngest daughter, Tori, graduates from Doherty High School next month and will be attending the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts next fall. Yes, it is the big acting school on Manhattan (New York, not Kansas). Donations are now being accepted for the Tori Klein scholarship fund. J
Thanks for the updates. I know we have a bunch of new 2Lts and cadets, carrying on the traditions, so let me know what is going on with you and yours. Until next time….Jens
Monday, November 5, 2012
Presentation to USAFA Supt. Gen Gould
New Denver base SWA Chief Pilot JC Curran presents Gen Mike Gould with a model of Southwest Airline's Colorado One during SWA's celebration, golf outing and football weekend at USAFA
Fall 2012 Update #USAFA 84
Mike Jensen
12035 Milam Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80908
Twitter: @USAFA84
Thanks for all of the updates on short notice! You guys are amazing! For those ofyou who are not getting my pleas for help, please send me an update now or, goto the AOG website and make sure your contact info is correct. (preferablyBOTH!) One of the first to respond was Chrisand Anne (Foley) Bowman letting us know that Chris retired on 1 OCT2012. He accepted a job at The Citadel Military College of SC. His last job wasChief of Staff at 13th Air Force at the beautiful Hickam AFB, Hawaii. Ed Heierman, and his wife (Anne’s sister)Sheila, (children Alec & Natalie) made it out to Hawaii to celebrate withthem. They had JJ Johnson (President AEA) and his wife Shelley visiting inHawaii as well. (I’m always the last to know J)
Bill Brei,, one of our more deployed classmates, was at the very end ofa short "out-of-theater" recouperation & training phase of hisassignment to the AFPAK Hands Program, was SERBed and thus retired from theUSAF on 1 June 2012. The powers that be, never missing an opportunity, notified Bill to retire AND that he wasselected for a urinalysis within the same hour of the same day. He is nowworking as a manager in a software development company (which makes his wifehappy), but Bill, never missing an opportunity, is seriously considering anoffer to serve as site lead for the military advisory mission in South Sudan.(Which does not make his wife very happy, even though he offered to take herwith him.)
Der Kaiser, Scott Wilhelm, went to a Beale Bandit reuniona few weeks back. He was there with Mike Harvey.They teamed up to be the champions of the official tailgate games. Scott’syoungest son enlisted in the AF, graduating at top of his tech school class& is now Crew Chief at Little Rock.He is pursuing an appointment to USAFA and just returned from an orientation.Congrats to Scott as he also got married in June on a 1916 historic schooneroff the Maine coast.
Ralph 'Buzz' Seilius retired from VA ANG effective 30 May 2012, now working withdefense contractor, PESystems Inc, atAir Force ISR Agency, Lackland AFB TX. Buzz, just celebrated 17th weddinganniversary with his wife Jana. First timer, Kathy (Callaghan) Rex has a son who is a sophomore at the Academy andjust choiced into 32, my old squadron. Their second son is at Northwestern Prepand leaning towards USAFA or the Coast Guard Academy . They enjoy being involved again in activitiesat USAFA. Kobi is on the track team and they won the Mountain West Conferencein both Indoor and Outdoor last year!
For the past two years, Kathy hadthe pleasure of coaching Marty & BrendaLouthan’s daughter in team handball and it has been fun reconnecting withthem.
Kathy also got to see Cheryl (Devita) Roberson staying with herand Darryl who is now a two star at the Pentagon. She is rooting for Daryl tobe the next Supt so she and Cheryl can spend more time together.
The big news in the Jack Forsythe family is that they just had ason. Jason was born on Sep 24th, and Amy and he are having an absoluteblast with him! Always wanting to be a senior mentor – Jack just didn’t know itwould be for some future Cub Scout Troop.in between feedings and diaperchangings, Jack sees Paul “Swarm” Suarez and Jay Ducharme occasionally and can report that they’re doing well. Chris"C-DIN" DiNennahas been stationed at the Pentagon for a little over two years. Manyservice members may want to avoid assignments there, but it took Chris 27 yearsto finally arrive. He is from the area and finds Washington DC to be among theworld's most beautiful and imposing nation's capitals. Plus, he has family therethat his 7 year old had either seen rarely or never met. In his short 7 yrs,Devon has lived on three continents and in 6 houses. Such is the life of a militarychild. This past spring, they bought a house in northern VA. By the way--if anyonethat wants a screaming deal on a two story colonial in Hampton, VA (LangleyAFB), get in touch with C-Din. He has aretirement set for 1 July 2013.
New SkyWest Pilots: Alan Bridges andBrent “Mongo” Johnson. Alan is basedin Colorado Springs and sent a picture of Maureen and him hiking near Alta, UT,in Salt Lake City this summer. They are officially "empty nesters"with three kids are all in college. Brentis in training and is hoping to be based in Salt Lake City.
Jim Bratton is finishing up a stint as lead engineer for the AGM-88F, anew variant of the HARM missile. Jim works for Uncle Sam at Eglin AFB. He andwife Liz have a daughter, Corinne, in graduate school and a young one,Alexandra, in her freshman year of college. They are spending the fall tearinga tri-toon boat down for a complete rehab. Visit Jim and Liz next summer for acruise out to Crab Island.
Tommy Wilson’s daughter Haley is in the Class of 2013 where she is thetop grad in Behavior Science. She has been offered Grad School, but there isuncertainty due to impending budget cuts. Dad is quite proud, as am I, and hopewe can find her some scholarship money. Any help and advice is appreciated. Alex Bapty’s son is in the Class of 2016. Along w2ith Kathy’s son, is anIC for Cross Country and Track. Alex retired in 2005 and is now Director ofAviation for NNSA in Albuquerque. His daughter just started med school atUNM. Rich Call is still with UPS as a 747-400 Captain living in Anchorage.Recently engaged, he is loving life and travelling the world.
Phil Kilgore had a busy year withhis classical charter school project at Hillsdale College. We helped two groupsopen schools with grades K-10 this fall in Lewisville, TX and Moriarty, NM.There are almost 800 students between the two schools. Upcoming openings willoccur in Savannah, GA, Naples, FL, and several other states. Great job, Phil.
Lastly, Jerry Cummin is working at Kelley Barracks, Germany. His oldest 3, are inCollege and youngest 3, are attending the International School in Stuttgart. (Readthat again….it is true J). Wow, Jerry how can you still bedrinking Guinness and driving Toyotas? I have to know!
As you read this, please drop me anote, a card, and email or even a Tweet. The deadline is fast approaching andtime is almost there for another new year. Thanks for all you do and have avery Happy and prosperous 2013. jens
Saturday, September 1, 2012
The McElligott's joining in at the tailgate
Parents weekend 2012 off to a great start with Duff and Kara (Hayes) McElligott with Mary, Matthew and Garrett '16. I hope I got the kid's names right :) They also have another daughter at that Irish school in South Bend, doing very well. 
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Winter 2011 update
Mike Jensen
12035 Milam Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80908
1-800-GO-AFA-GO
www.usafa84.com
@USAFA84 on Twitter
What a wonderful time to be a Falcon! By the time you read this, the football team will have retained the CINC Trophy for the second year in a row and for the 18th time overall. The fall tends to bring out the tailgaters and gives us some extra reasons to get together and enjoy the camaraderie. At Navy, I was able to meet up with Jersey John Hanlon and his wonderful family. John had the parking and tailgate secured. Of course, I left the game with Air Force leading 28-10, trusting the Hanlon clan would maintain the lead. The Hanlon’s did what they could, but Navy gave us a scare. Fortunately, the Falcons pulled it out 35-34. The following week at the Notre Dame game, Karl Alvarez joined in along with Matt Johnson on our bus ride to/from South Bend. We were hosted by the Notre Dame ROTC Detachment, and had John Weigand stop in. Kara (Hayes) and Duff McElligott, Victor Haynes and his family were there too. The weather was perfect, and so was Notre Dame's offense, scoring touchdowns on all 6 first-half possessions. The trip got a little dicey when the bus headlights went out after the game, but nothing that some wine and a couple of cases of beer couldn't cure.
Updates: "Ike" Eichenberger has daughter Annette in 2nd sq as a 3degree where she has declared biology as her major and runs on a nice, new track for the track and cc teams -- go Annette! Ike is still in living in Chicago on weekends, working in DC for Accenture during week! Ike, we'll be looking for you next time we go to take on the Fighting Irish.
John Curran is flying for Southwest and uploaded some pictures on our classes Facebook page. Ray and Heidi Simpson have a son Daniel who is in the class of '14 that Suzanne and JC sponsor. When you see the picture you can’t tell they summated Democrat, Cameron, Lincoln and Bross on that day that picture was taken. John was also able to fly a very short leg from Oklahoma City to Dallas with Southwest Airlines new hire Garrett "Turbo" Thompson, who did an awesome job and they are happy to have him at SWA. Finally, as JC is the only one of us getting close to the big Five O, he decided that he needed a Harley. Nice!
Moves in rank. More Generals in the mix from the class of 1984. Terry Feehan checked in and reports that Sam Cox, John Thompson, and he are all officially the old guys in the front office. They were on the Spring O-8 list. Congratulations all! Terry crossed paths with John at the Pentagon and says he is looking good. Terry is still with the Missile Defense Agency living with the Army on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville AL, where he handles much of the agencies acquisition, global deployment and construction, and logistics.
Myron “Free” Freeman retired effective 1 May 2011, after 26+ years of active duty service as the Vice Commander, HQ AF Security Forces Center, Lackland AFB TX. His retirement ceremony was held on 8 Jun 2011 in the Hall of Heroes at The Pentagon with Brigadier General Jimmy McMillian, AF Director of Security Forces officiating. Sharon, and Free (pictured) rented their house in San Antonio and moved back closer to home (MD) to Alexandria VA. Free is now working as a Principal Analyst for Analytic Services Inc. (ANSER) in their Security Policy Division.
The Pitch: With all of the social media avenues open to us, there has been a lessening of using those antiquated, communication systems such as email, or even snail mail. Any and all methods of communication are acceptable to me. In fact, I ENCOURAGE you to visit and sign up on our Facebook page, and @USAFA84 Twitter account. I will have this article posted on our web page as well. As an added bonus, we will also have pictures and updates from classmates that don't have the resolution for the magazine, but are of great importance for all to see. So in closing, get those updates, tweets, and some of your best photos. Follow @USAFA84 and Matt Johnson on match.com :)
12035 Milam Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80908
1-800-GO-AFA-GO
www.usafa84.com
@USAFA84 on Twitter
What a wonderful time to be a Falcon! By the time you read this, the football team will have retained the CINC Trophy for the second year in a row and for the 18th time overall. The fall tends to bring out the tailgaters and gives us some extra reasons to get together and enjoy the camaraderie. At Navy, I was able to meet up with Jersey John Hanlon and his wonderful family. John had the parking and tailgate secured. Of course, I left the game with Air Force leading 28-10, trusting the Hanlon clan would maintain the lead. The Hanlon’s did what they could, but Navy gave us a scare. Fortunately, the Falcons pulled it out 35-34. The following week at the Notre Dame game, Karl Alvarez joined in along with Matt Johnson on our bus ride to/from South Bend. We were hosted by the Notre Dame ROTC Detachment, and had John Weigand stop in. Kara (Hayes) and Duff McElligott, Victor Haynes and his family were there too. The weather was perfect, and so was Notre Dame's offense, scoring touchdowns on all 6 first-half possessions. The trip got a little dicey when the bus headlights went out after the game, but nothing that some wine and a couple of cases of beer couldn't cure.
Updates: "Ike" Eichenberger has daughter Annette in 2nd sq as a 3degree where she has declared biology as her major and runs on a nice, new track for the track and cc teams -- go Annette! Ike is still in living in Chicago on weekends, working in DC for Accenture during week! Ike, we'll be looking for you next time we go to take on the Fighting Irish.
John Curran is flying for Southwest and uploaded some pictures on our classes Facebook page. Ray and Heidi Simpson have a son Daniel who is in the class of '14 that Suzanne and JC sponsor. When you see the picture you can’t tell they summated Democrat, Cameron, Lincoln and Bross on that day that picture was taken. John was also able to fly a very short leg from Oklahoma City to Dallas with Southwest Airlines new hire Garrett "Turbo" Thompson, who did an awesome job and they are happy to have him at SWA. Finally, as JC is the only one of us getting close to the big Five O, he decided that he needed a Harley. Nice!
Moves in rank. More Generals in the mix from the class of 1984. Terry Feehan checked in and reports that Sam Cox, John Thompson, and he are all officially the old guys in the front office. They were on the Spring O-8 list. Congratulations all! Terry crossed paths with John at the Pentagon and says he is looking good. Terry is still with the Missile Defense Agency living with the Army on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville AL, where he handles much of the agencies acquisition, global deployment and construction, and logistics.
Myron “Free” Freeman retired effective 1 May 2011, after 26+ years of active duty service as the Vice Commander, HQ AF Security Forces Center, Lackland AFB TX. His retirement ceremony was held on 8 Jun 2011 in the Hall of Heroes at The Pentagon with Brigadier General Jimmy McMillian, AF Director of Security Forces officiating. Sharon, and Free (pictured) rented their house in San Antonio and moved back closer to home (MD) to Alexandria VA. Free is now working as a Principal Analyst for Analytic Services Inc. (ANSER) in their Security Policy Division.
The Pitch: With all of the social media avenues open to us, there has been a lessening of using those antiquated, communication systems such as email, or even snail mail. Any and all methods of communication are acceptable to me. In fact, I ENCOURAGE you to visit and sign up on our Facebook page, and @USAFA84 Twitter account. I will have this article posted on our web page as well. As an added bonus, we will also have pictures and updates from classmates that don't have the resolution for the magazine, but are of great importance for all to see. So in closing, get those updates, tweets, and some of your best photos. Follow @USAFA84 and Matt Johnson on match.com :)
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
New article: Posted 2/2/11
Mike Jensen
12035 Milam Road
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1-800-GO-AFA-GO
www.usafa84.com
michaeljensen@remax.net
www.twitter.com/usafa84
Facebook Users: Checkout the Class Page on Facebook. You can search it by loading USAF Academy 1984 on Facebook. Thanks Vince Easler for setting it up!
Thanks for the updates:
Howard Hayes recently retired after 26 years of service (15 years active duty and 11 years in the Minnesota ANG in Duluth).as the Operations Group CC in the 148th Fighter Wing in Duluth (F-16s). Now flying the A-319/320 Airbus for Delta Airlines. The family plans to stay in Duluth. Each of their three kids is currently serving in the military, so the tradition continues.
Steve Winters left Vandenberg this past August as the Vice Commander of the 30th Space Wing. He was selected to be the new Air Force Space Command Chair "Space Chair" to Air University as part of the faculty at Air War College. He retires effective 1 Feb 2011 (had his retirement ceremony on 14 Jan at the Maxwell O'Club). Married to Carolyn with 3 kids Gregory (22 yo), Leslie (16 yo), Jared (11 yo). Will be moving to Tennessee where he has been hired as Operations Manager at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Middle Tennessee.
“TransAm” Joe Herron reminded me of some things that have not been released for public dissemination yet, but I can tell you that he is completing his swan song tour living in London working at the Embassy as the Chief of the Office of Defense Cooperation. One of their highlights was recently attending a Burns Supper in the House of Lords with free flowing Scotch and tons of Haggis! They arrived in the Summer of 2009 and will be there until the Summer of 2013. So their upcoming events will be the Royal Wedding this spring and then Farnborough Air Show along with the Olympics in the summer of 2012. Two classmates have come through with RONs from American and United, Mike Burns and Beth Austin, both getting to experience a side of London not usually seen by tourists! Unlike many of our classmates with next generations being at USAFA, Joe’s oldest son is a Sophomore at Harvard and the youngest a 10th grader at the American School in London. Joe is pretty sure the academic nature comes from his wife, Leslie, and her folks, Col (R) John May class of 61. (Joe, we are MORE than pretty sure)
Bob Perry will be a grandfather again--daughter Cara is expecting in May.
Max Batson’s son, Chris, will graduate this May from CS-18. Pilot training to follow. He's also getting married in the Chapel on 4 June. Max talked to Mark Blumenthal last week. Mark’s a UPS MD11 captain in ANC. Says he ran into Doug Applegate in HNL a couple of weeks before. Max also spoke with Glen Ewton. He's on the 777 in ATL (Delta) getting ready to upgrade on the 320 in SLC. Max is a Delta MD90 captain in MSP.
Jon (“but I REALLY want to split 10’s”) Wikstrom and I had an all night blackjack session after the Falcons Bowl victory in Shreveport. Son, Wylie graduates this spring. Jon received an email from Sandy McFarland that her son Josh (son of Dillon ’84) and Jordan Pavlich (daughter of Sean ’84) got engaged. Sounds like an August wedding . Josh is a ‘10 grad and stationed at LA Space in Acquisitions.
Ed Lorenzini is still working for Raytheon in the DC area. Their son graduated last year from the Academy (Class of 2010) and is at pilot training at Vance, Ok. Even though Tom Wilson will not recognize this fact, I believe, that makes the Lorenzini family, the first family to graduate a 3rd generation. And just to make sure the traditions continue, Ed and Elisabeth added a new baby to their family in 2009 making it a total of 5, ranging in ages from 24 to 1. Brian Stilson (84) just moved from DC back to Dallas with his family to take a new position with American Airlines. Robert Carriedo (84) is in Colorado Springs and just returned from a deployment in Iraq. His second daughter, Maria, Christina is a 3 degree at the Academy.
Speaking of Thomas R. Wilson, he reports that daughter, Haley, (who may be the first female third generation cadet) is a proud Grim Reaper and is “training” Jeff and Brenda Follansbee's boy, Clark. Tom also lets us know that:
Gary Seifried is finally a Captain at AA after almost 20 years of service.
Mark Torres turned 50 and turned an ankle running across the street. (It’s OK, I’ve been hurt watching TV)
Jerry Slyman is a S-80 FO at AA and has his oldest daughter playing soccer on a scholarship from TCU.
Dave Dunteman and his wife are out of Phoenix, with Dave flying for Southwest.
Bobby Sullivan still has a Boston accent even after 18+ years of living in Kentucky and flying for UPS.
Jimmy Mackey is a 767 FO for AA at DFW and spends alot of time as a big whig at the Joint Naval Air Station in Ft. Worth.
I was able to spend some time with Tom as we brought back the CINC Trophy after the Army game. Tom rushed for 17 hot dogs while I tackled a 12-pack. John Hanlon was there with his wife and 2 boys, as well as Vic Haynes on a Boy’s weekend with his 2 sons. I heard that the “BigGun” Herman Baker was there too, but with all those cannons on campus, Herman did not stick out.
Bruce Lennard has a new gig. Check it out. http://tullylegal.com/attorneys/blennard.html
Jack Forsythe will retire on 1 May after nearly 27 years of service! He is happy to say that his time in service to our country has been a blast! He states: “From F-16 pilot to F-16 sq/cc to F-117 group command to the halls of the Pentagon, my family and I are eternally grateful to the great airmen that we’ve had the privileged to serve with! I’m forever grateful to our Academy that propelled me toward these opportunities as well. My family (Amy, Katie & Rob) and I will remain in the Washington, D.C. area – our home – and continue to work to secure our nation’s way of life. We look forward to our second career and, hopefully, another great lacrosse season for the kids! Our classmate Paul Suarez and I work together in HQ Air Force A8 and regularly compare notes on how to find a civilian job; still theory at the time of this writing. He will retire 1 May as well” Thank you, Jack
An update with photos! Marybeth Ulrich (Peterson) promotion to O-6 in the USAF reserve last year. Our classmate, Brigadier General Eden Murrie (Alt) was the presiding official. Eden is on the National Security Council Staff as the Director of Legislative Affairs. Marybeth is still teaching at the Army War College in the Department of National Security and Strategy as a civilian. In her reserve job, she works for DIA as the reserve attaché to Moscow. Our classmate Tim Brown is also at the Army War College in an active duty O-6 billet in a sister department.
Caroll (Rosado) and Grady Elliott are still living in Hamilton, NJ with their 3 sons, Eric, Arman, and Kristan, and Caroll's puppy, Toby. Winter 2010-2011 has been relentless and they are anxiously awaiting the Spring. They send their best wishes to all our classmates and their loving families. “May you all be blessed with lots of good health, love and happiness.”
Steve Reed just finished up his first deployment flying the U-2 again after 15 year break. He is on a leave of absence from FedEx for voluntary recall to active duty from retirement.
Ed "KTOWN" Knouse reports: Kalimera!!! (Greek/Cypriot for good day!). He is still "Living the Dream" in Cyprus (retired here in June 08 as an O6)! and "Sharing the Dream" with his wife Diana (aka "Princess" and/or "The Brit Chick") and their two Persian cats Sakkara (named after the Egyptian pyramids, we got her in Egypt when they were stationed there) and Baileeze (his official pedigree name is "King's Coffee Baileez", based on his creamy color and Ed’s favorite beverage!). They are both "Best in Show" recipients as well...know affectionately as "the posh cats"! Ed, on the other hand, is known as "Mr. Groomer"! Besides brushing the "furries", Ed spends most of my free time renovating their apartment and gardening (maintaining the grounds) for their Homeowner's Association as well as volunteering for the local community counsel..."I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay..."! Ed is still working on his Greek-Cypriot language skills, and "siga siga" (slowly, slowly) they are coming along. They hope to see everyone at the 30th!
Luke (aka Lalu) Simcik is down living the good life in Brazil for six weeks, saying its and its good living and relations. He enjoyed the picture of Gen Mike Loh (maybe the first grad to grad generals?) Brazil, Luke? I just live vicariously though the guy.
Anita Eigner Latin retired this summer from Los Angeles AFB where I was the 61 ABW/CC. She now lives in Tucson, AZ where she loves the warm weather and their beautiful home in NE Tucson. She works for a Systems Engineering & Integration firm called "The SI" Organization based out of Valley Forge, PA which means she travels a great deal for my job. Life is wonderful and the transition from the 26.5 years in the AF has been painless and great.
Bill Brei is still on an indefinite duration deployment to Kabul, serving in the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (now part of NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan), serving as the special advisor/mentor to the First Deputy Minister of Defense. Thanks Bill.
Truly a Flach Sighting: Yes, Steve Flach will be returning to USAFA in March. He will be coming out for first flight as it is going to be quite the event with a bunch of attendance. Their UAS is replacing the Boeing Insitu Scan Eagle.
Scott Studer is still working for the Florida Air National Guard as the State A3. They are nice to him and heI still gets to fly F-15s. (I REALLY want a ride, Scott, I write for Checkpoints you know)
Wade Harlan, his wife and two kids have been teaching improved farming methods to poor minority village farmers and training house church leaders in Asia since 1999. After learning the major trade language we are now working on learning a minority language so that is definitely keeping their brain cells active! Although they are not farmers by background, but its been rewarding process to learn how to help those poor farmers increase their incomes and be freed from their oppressive superstitions. Its been an interesting journey from "The Blue Zoo" to a recycling adventure!! (WOW!)
Kenn White retired as an O5 from Mildenhall back in '05. He took a GS job at RAF Molesworth in order to stay in the UK -- He just went over 18 straight years there -- 12+years on active duty and 5 1/2 since retirement. He is the Assistant Director of Intelligence at, get ready for a mouthful, the Joint Intelligence Operations Center Europe -- Analytic Center, JAC Molesworth for short. His, wife Helen and Kenn celebrated their 26th anniversary last fall with a couple of weeks in Mauritius diving and sunbathing. Kenn’s sons, Hugh's 21 and Alex is 19, are full-blooded Brits with dual citizenship -- both are still in college here in the UK. They live in the countryside about an hour north of London and spend most of my spare time in the garden and playing some of the best golf courses in the British Isles. Last fall 4 of them played Royal Troon and Turnberry and this summer we're playing St. Andrews, Carnoustie and Gleneagles.
Mike Benevento and his family have been living in his home state of Vermont since 1998. He and his wife, Kristine, have two sons, Matthew and Calvin. Matthew lives in an apartment nearby while Calvin is a high school senior. They are busy with the college drill--trying to get Calvin into a college of his choice. Mike ran as a Republican for the Vermont House of Representatives against two Democratic incumbents this past November. While most of the country elected more Republicans, Vermont bucked the trend and remains one of the most liberal states in the nation. Even though he did not get elected, it was a good experience just meeting the people and getting a better idea of how state government works.
Chris Rowzee is a guardsman in the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio ANG. She works full time for the Louisvill Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and in her “spare” time she is an official working D1 Women’s Basketball Games. (that’s a lot of “travelling” calls, get it
Roxanne Hernandez Knight is raising a great-niece who has been with them(Greg Knight '81) for four years. They have their child, Briana, at college. Nesta has just turned 10 and they are thoroughly entrenched in preparing her for this big, crazy world. Roxanne wanted to give a big shout out to her "partners in crime", Anne (Foley) Bowman and Barb (Lalli) Brennan. “Ladies let's make the 30th our chance to finally let it all hang out!” (not sure what that means, but I LIKE it!)
That is it for this edition, keep in touch. Check in often and the beer is always cold at the tailgates.
GO FALCONS! jens
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Howard Hayes recently retired after 26 years of service (15 years active duty and 11 years in the Minnesota ANG in Duluth).as the Operations Group CC in the 148th Fighter Wing in Duluth (F-16s). Now flying the A-319/320 Airbus for Delta Airlines. The family plans to stay in Duluth. Each of their three kids is currently serving in the military, so the tradition continues.
Steve Winters left Vandenberg this past August as the Vice Commander of the 30th Space Wing. He was selected to be the new Air Force Space Command Chair "Space Chair" to Air University as part of the faculty at Air War College. He retires effective 1 Feb 2011 (had his retirement ceremony on 14 Jan at the Maxwell O'Club). Married to Carolyn with 3 kids Gregory (22 yo), Leslie (16 yo), Jared (11 yo). Will be moving to Tennessee where he has been hired as Operations Manager at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Middle Tennessee.
“TransAm” Joe Herron reminded me of some things that have not been released for public dissemination yet, but I can tell you that he is completing his swan song tour living in London working at the Embassy as the Chief of the Office of Defense Cooperation. One of their highlights was recently attending a Burns Supper in the House of Lords with free flowing Scotch and tons of Haggis! They arrived in the Summer of 2009 and will be there until the Summer of 2013. So their upcoming events will be the Royal Wedding this spring and then Farnborough Air Show along with the Olympics in the summer of 2012. Two classmates have come through with RONs from American and United, Mike Burns and Beth Austin, both getting to experience a side of London not usually seen by tourists! Unlike many of our classmates with next generations being at USAFA, Joe’s oldest son is a Sophomore at Harvard and the youngest a 10th grader at the American School in London. Joe is pretty sure the academic nature comes from his wife, Leslie, and her folks, Col (R) John May class of 61. (Joe, we are MORE than pretty sure)
Bob Perry will be a grandfather again--daughter Cara is expecting in May.
Max Batson’s son, Chris, will graduate this May from CS-18. Pilot training to follow. He's also getting married in the Chapel on 4 June. Max talked to Mark Blumenthal last week. Mark’s a UPS MD11 captain in ANC. Says he ran into Doug Applegate in HNL a couple of weeks before. Max also spoke with Glen Ewton. He's on the 777 in ATL (Delta) getting ready to upgrade on the 320 in SLC. Max is a Delta MD90 captain in MSP.
Jon (“but I REALLY want to split 10’s”) Wikstrom and I had an all night blackjack session after the Falcons Bowl victory in Shreveport. Son, Wylie graduates this spring. Jon received an email from Sandy McFarland that her son Josh (son of Dillon ’84) and Jordan Pavlich (daughter of Sean ’84) got engaged. Sounds like an August wedding . Josh is a ‘10 grad and stationed at LA Space in Acquisitions.
Ed Lorenzini is still working for Raytheon in the DC area. Their son graduated last year from the Academy (Class of 2010) and is at pilot training at Vance, Ok. Even though Tom Wilson will not recognize this fact, I believe, that makes the Lorenzini family, the first family to graduate a 3rd generation. And just to make sure the traditions continue, Ed and Elisabeth added a new baby to their family in 2009 making it a total of 5, ranging in ages from 24 to 1. Brian Stilson (84) just moved from DC back to Dallas with his family to take a new position with American Airlines. Robert Carriedo (84) is in Colorado Springs and just returned from a deployment in Iraq. His second daughter, Maria, Christina is a 3 degree at the Academy.
Speaking of Thomas R. Wilson, he reports that daughter, Haley, (who may be the first female third generation cadet) is a proud Grim Reaper and is “training” Jeff and Brenda Follansbee's boy, Clark. Tom also lets us know that:
Gary Seifried is finally a Captain at AA after almost 20 years of service.
Mark Torres turned 50 and turned an ankle running across the street. (It’s OK, I’ve been hurt watching TV)
Jerry Slyman is a S-80 FO at AA and has his oldest daughter playing soccer on a scholarship from TCU.
Dave Dunteman and his wife are out of Phoenix, with Dave flying for Southwest.
Bobby Sullivan still has a Boston accent even after 18+ years of living in Kentucky and flying for UPS.
Jimmy Mackey is a 767 FO for AA at DFW and spends alot of time as a big whig at the Joint Naval Air Station in Ft. Worth.
I was able to spend some time with Tom as we brought back the CINC Trophy after the Army game. Tom rushed for 17 hot dogs while I tackled a 12-pack. John Hanlon was there with his wife and 2 boys, as well as Vic Haynes on a Boy’s weekend with his 2 sons. I heard that the “BigGun” Herman Baker was there too, but with all those cannons on campus, Herman did not stick out.
Bruce Lennard has a new gig. Check it out. http://tullylegal.com/attorneys/blennard.html
Jack Forsythe will retire on 1 May after nearly 27 years of service! He is happy to say that his time in service to our country has been a blast! He states: “From F-16 pilot to F-16 sq/cc to F-117 group command to the halls of the Pentagon, my family and I are eternally grateful to the great airmen that we’ve had the privileged to serve with! I’m forever grateful to our Academy that propelled me toward these opportunities as well. My family (Amy, Katie & Rob) and I will remain in the Washington, D.C. area – our home – and continue to work to secure our nation’s way of life. We look forward to our second career and, hopefully, another great lacrosse season for the kids! Our classmate Paul Suarez and I work together in HQ Air Force A8 and regularly compare notes on how to find a civilian job; still theory at the time of this writing. He will retire 1 May as well” Thank you, Jack
An update with photos! Marybeth Ulrich (Peterson) promotion to O-6 in the USAF reserve last year. Our classmate, Brigadier General Eden Murrie (Alt) was the presiding official. Eden is on the National Security Council Staff as the Director of Legislative Affairs. Marybeth is still teaching at the Army War College in the Department of National Security and Strategy as a civilian. In her reserve job, she works for DIA as the reserve attaché to Moscow. Our classmate Tim Brown is also at the Army War College in an active duty O-6 billet in a sister department.
Caroll (Rosado) and Grady Elliott are still living in Hamilton, NJ with their 3 sons, Eric, Arman, and Kristan, and Caroll's puppy, Toby. Winter 2010-2011 has been relentless and they are anxiously awaiting the Spring. They send their best wishes to all our classmates and their loving families. “May you all be blessed with lots of good health, love and happiness.”
Steve Reed just finished up his first deployment flying the U-2 again after 15 year break. He is on a leave of absence from FedEx for voluntary recall to active duty from retirement.
Ed "KTOWN" Knouse reports: Kalimera!!! (Greek/Cypriot for good day!). He is still "Living the Dream" in Cyprus (retired here in June 08 as an O6)! and "Sharing the Dream" with his wife Diana (aka "Princess" and/or "The Brit Chick") and their two Persian cats Sakkara (named after the Egyptian pyramids, we got her in Egypt when they were stationed there) and Baileeze (his official pedigree name is "King's Coffee Baileez", based on his creamy color and Ed’s favorite beverage!). They are both "Best in Show" recipients as well...know affectionately as "the posh cats"! Ed, on the other hand, is known as "Mr. Groomer"! Besides brushing the "furries", Ed spends most of my free time renovating their apartment and gardening (maintaining the grounds) for their Homeowner's Association as well as volunteering for the local community counsel..."I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay..."! Ed is still working on his Greek-Cypriot language skills, and "siga siga" (slowly, slowly) they are coming along. They hope to see everyone at the 30th!
Luke (aka Lalu) Simcik is down living the good life in Brazil for six weeks, saying its and its good living and relations. He enjoyed the picture of Gen Mike Loh (maybe the first grad to grad generals?) Brazil, Luke? I just live vicariously though the guy.
Anita Eigner Latin retired this summer from Los Angeles AFB where I was the 61 ABW/CC. She now lives in Tucson, AZ where she loves the warm weather and their beautiful home in NE Tucson. She works for a Systems Engineering & Integration firm called "The SI" Organization based out of Valley Forge, PA which means she travels a great deal for my job. Life is wonderful and the transition from the 26.5 years in the AF has been painless and great.
Bill Brei is still on an indefinite duration deployment to Kabul, serving in the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (now part of NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan), serving as the special advisor/mentor to the First Deputy Minister of Defense. Thanks Bill.
Truly a Flach Sighting: Yes, Steve Flach will be returning to USAFA in March. He will be coming out for first flight as it is going to be quite the event with a bunch of attendance. Their UAS is replacing the Boeing Insitu Scan Eagle.
Scott Studer is still working for the Florida Air National Guard as the State A3. They are nice to him and heI still gets to fly F-15s. (I REALLY want a ride, Scott, I write for Checkpoints you know)
Wade Harlan, his wife and two kids have been teaching improved farming methods to poor minority village farmers and training house church leaders in Asia since 1999. After learning the major trade language we are now working on learning a minority language so that is definitely keeping their brain cells active! Although they are not farmers by background, but its been rewarding process to learn how to help those poor farmers increase their incomes and be freed from their oppressive superstitions. Its been an interesting journey from "The Blue Zoo" to a recycling adventure!! (WOW!)
Kenn White retired as an O5 from Mildenhall back in '05. He took a GS job at RAF Molesworth in order to stay in the UK -- He just went over 18 straight years there -- 12+years on active duty and 5 1/2 since retirement. He is the Assistant Director of Intelligence at, get ready for a mouthful, the Joint Intelligence Operations Center Europe -- Analytic Center, JAC Molesworth for short. His, wife Helen and Kenn celebrated their 26th anniversary last fall with a couple of weeks in Mauritius diving and sunbathing. Kenn’s sons, Hugh's 21 and Alex is 19, are full-blooded Brits with dual citizenship -- both are still in college here in the UK. They live in the countryside about an hour north of London and spend most of my spare time in the garden and playing some of the best golf courses in the British Isles. Last fall 4 of them played Royal Troon and Turnberry and this summer we're playing St. Andrews, Carnoustie and Gleneagles.
Mike Benevento and his family have been living in his home state of Vermont since 1998. He and his wife, Kristine, have two sons, Matthew and Calvin. Matthew lives in an apartment nearby while Calvin is a high school senior. They are busy with the college drill--trying to get Calvin into a college of his choice. Mike ran as a Republican for the Vermont House of Representatives against two Democratic incumbents this past November. While most of the country elected more Republicans, Vermont bucked the trend and remains one of the most liberal states in the nation. Even though he did not get elected, it was a good experience just meeting the people and getting a better idea of how state government works.
Chris Rowzee is a guardsman in the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio ANG. She works full time for the Louisvill Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and in her “spare” time she is an official working D1 Women’s Basketball Games. (that’s a lot of “travelling” calls, get it
Roxanne Hernandez Knight is raising a great-niece who has been with them(Greg Knight '81) for four years. They have their child, Briana, at college. Nesta has just turned 10 and they are thoroughly entrenched in preparing her for this big, crazy world. Roxanne wanted to give a big shout out to her "partners in crime", Anne (Foley) Bowman and Barb (Lalli) Brennan. “Ladies let's make the 30th our chance to finally let it all hang out!” (not sure what that means, but I LIKE it!)
That is it for this edition, keep in touch. Check in often and the beer is always cold at the tailgates.
GO FALCONS! jens
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