Enjoying retired life in Oregon. I work in my garden. I have twenty fruit trees,blueberrys,raspberry,marionberrys and a large vegetable garden, all fenced in to keep deer out. Our home is on the beautiful Mckenzie River. I enjoy fishing;Trout,Steelhead Trout, and Salmon all on this river. Also, a few miles up river there are lots of rapids for whitewater rafting, (class three) All the water comes from the three Sister mountains in the Cascades. Seventy miles east from here If you like to ski only hour away. Bend OR, is only 110 mile east . I also like Oregon ( DUCK s) football and track, Eugene is Track town USA. Lots of stars came from University of Oregon.The Olympic trials have been held here many times.
We like to travel. You would think I would be tired of traveling after 26 years of AF life. and 17 years of being overseas. We own a RV so in the summer months we go camping with Good Sam friends. Lots of nice places out here in the western US to camp.
.The VA takes care of all my medical needs. I'm 100% service connected disabled. Uncle Surgar is great. What a wonderful country we live in. We have so much to be thankful for. No other country in the world takes care of its Vets like ours. God Bless USA
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I spent my entire career in Air Transportation. Lots of fond memories and events over the years. Have many stories and pictures of some of these places.(check it out)
I really loved serving in the Air Force. I sure do miss it at times. What a great life of 26 yrs active.The majority of those years were overseas ( 17 ).Many of the people I served with I can hardly remember. We seem to enjoy serving all together. Send me a message if you would like to reminisce the old times we shared together, I would love to hear from you...Aim Hi..Bob
Remembrance Profiles -
1 Airman Remembered
Smallidge, Michael, TSgt, (1962-1982)
1970-1974, 60571A, 610th Military Airlift Support Squadron
Best Friends SSgt Micheal T Smallidge/ SSgt Camron Skinner SSgt Loren Railsback / TSgt Robert E Smith TSgt Franklin Mills/TSgt Roger Plemmons/TSgt Del Scammell
Best Moment Operation Home Coming.The end of the Veitnam War. All thoes C-141's Medivac bringing our POW's home. Thoes plane's were painted white with a red cross on the tail. I worked in the Passenger Terminal during that time. Climbing to the top of Mt. Fuji.(I've lost my stick) When they built the new commissary and Hosiptal in 1973./ Bowling on all thoes leagues. Lanes 5&6 my highest score 287.AFN TV came in after we left, what a bummer. All thoes good shows at the NCO Club, seen so many stars, Mostly remembered the Bob Hope show on the flight line
I was right up front next to the stage. My family stateside seen me on the Bob Hope Show when it showed during Christmas time on NBC TV Stateside.
Worst Moment Haveing to spend a extra year, because Congress didnt buget the DoD enough money to cover cost of the movement familys PCS. I lived on base west area ( Lot House #B-1) Driving on the highways, too much trafic on two lanes empossible to pass another car. It would take over three hours to go to Toyko only thirty miles away.
Chain of Command Col R L Chaney-Station Traffic Officer
Other Memories Smog was real bad in the warm months. I didn't realize that we were so close to Mt. Fuji untill winter came .My son Martin, being a child model in Tokyo. (His pictures were used on lots different products. I worked in the Data/Records section for 2.5 yrs. When I made TSgt and MAC came out to identify personel who worked with transportation data systems. I was awarded a (W) prfix on my AFC, (Transportation Systems Analysis. MY next assignment was Hq MAC in the Passenger Reservation as NCOIC of Data automation section.
I spent my entire career in Air Transportation. Lots of fond memories and events over the years. Have many stories and pictures of some of these places.(check it out)
