Previously Held AFSC/MOS 30436-Space Communications Systems Equipment Operator/Specialist
30456-Space Communications Systems Equipment Operator/Specialist
30476-Space Communications Systems Equipment Operator/Technician
30496-Ground Radio Communications Superintendent
30499-Radio Superintendent
2E1X1-Satellite, Wideband, and Telemetry Systems
Service Years
1978 - 1998
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
What are you doing now:
I work as a Quality Engineer at United Launch Alliance. We design (Denver, CO), build (Decatur, AL), assemble, test, and launch (Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL and Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA) Delta IV and Atlas V space launch vehicles at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) and Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) Launch Vehicle processing facilities. We are now developing the Vulcan Rocket and Centaur V upper stage to ensure future access to space for the USA!
I now live in Decatur, Alabama and serve as a Quality Engineer at the Factory with primary responsibility for the final assembly of the Delta IV Booster, and secondary responsibility for the Atlas V Booster, Atlas Centaur 2nd Stage vehicle, and the Delta IV 2nd Stage vehicle. I also have the privilege of helping with development of the concept of factory operations for the final assembly of the Vulcan rocket booster. I love the job and love the people in Alabama!
Other Comments:
As a personal note, it is always a pleasure to interact with our Air Force cadre who are assigned to the factory as partners with ULA. I still love to be around uniformed service brothers and sisters!
Best Friends 2Lt. David E. Hernandez (Civilian Missionary) 2Lt. Jeremiah Boenisch (Now Major) SSgt Kent Tadlock (Now MSgt/Retired)
Best Moment 1st - When the doctor said my son would be alright! 2nd -My retirement ceremony!
Worst Moment When my oldest son fell out of a tree at White Sands Missile Range and ruptured his spleen! I followed the ambulance from WSMR to El Paso, TX by myself the whole 80 mile trip. He survived and is now a Deputy Sheriff in Brevard County, Florida.
Chain of Command Supervisor - 2Lt. Hernandez, 1Lt. Boenisch, and finally Capt Martin K. Schlacter until I retired. Commander - Major Armand D. Boudreau, Jr. 49 Support Group CC, Lt Col David G. Curdy
Other Memories Wednesday morning breakfasts with the commander - Maj B provided the food for the whole senior staff. We worked a plane crash in the backfields of Holloman AFB. A German flown Toronado crashed - Fliers ejected and survived without injury. We won the Air Combat Command Small Unit Maintenance Award before I retired.
