Encinas, Ruben L., SSgt

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Current Service Status
USAF Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Staff Sergeant
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
25251-Weather Observer
Current/Last AFSC Group
Meteorological Services
Primary Unit
1967-1973, Air Weather Service
Previously Held AFSC/MOS
25210-Weather Observer Trainee
25231A-Apprentice Weather Observer
25271A-Weather Observer Technician
Service Years
1967 - 1973
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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
National Rifle Association (NRA)Thailand-Laos-Cambodia BrotherhoodAir Weather AssociationPost 10
Air Commando AssociationAir Force Memorial (AFM)
  1969, National Rifle Association (NRA)
  2001, Thailand-Laos-Cambodia Brotherhood - Assoc. Page
  2005, Air Weather Association
  2012, American Legion, Post 10 (Member At Large) (Las Cruces, New Mexico) - Chap. Page
  2013, American Legion - Assoc. Page
  2014, Air Commando Association - Assoc. Page
  2015, Air Force Memorial (AFM) - Assoc. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Retired from Federal Civil Service with 40 years.  Most memorable:  QA Specialist Ammunition Surveillance (Dept of the Army Civilian) and National Weather Service at Stephenville, TX (Weather Radar/Upper Air Specialist)

I travel to places of my choice in my Lance trailer, do a lot of reloading and shooting, reading, genealogy, photography and whatever else I fancy.

Serve as a Campground Host Volunteer at Chaco Culture National Historic Park, NM and have also campground hosted at Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, NM.

Have worked on three Archeaological Surveys in New Mexico as a metal detector specialist and cartridge identifier.

 

   

  1969-1969, 25251, 56th Special Operations Wing

Sergeant
From Month/Year
January / 1969
To Month/Year
October / 1969
Unit
56th Special Operations Wing Unit Page
Rank
Sergeant
AFSC/MOS
25251-Weather Observer
Base, Station or City
Nakhon Phanom
State/Country
Thailand
   
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 56th Special Operations Wing Details

56th Special Operations Wing
Type
HQ/ Command Element
 
Parent Unit
Air Force Wings
Strength
Wing
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Mar 31, 2020
   
   
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101 Members Also There at Same Time
56th Special Operations Wing

Lauer, Jack, Col, (1964-1991) 641 6416 Colonel
Andre, Howard Vincient, Maj, (1957-1969) 153 1535Z Major
Sizemore, James Elmo, Maj, (1948-1969) 111 1115B Major
Cheeseman, Alan Browne, Capt, (1966-1970) 102 1025E Captain
Fernandez, Patrick, Capt, (1964-1971) 174 1744B Captain
Flinn, John Leroy, Capt, (1963-1969) 111 1115A Captain
O'Brien, David, Capt, (1968-1973) 805 8051 Captain
Herrick, James Wayne, Capt, (1967-1969) 111 1115J First Lieutenant
Scott, Lloyd Moore, 1st Lt, (1968-1969) 111 1115J First Lieutenant
Edson, Warren, SMSgt, (1962-1984) 423 42399 Senior Master Sergeant
Holmes, Bobby, SMSgt, (1964-1984) 732 73290 Senior Master Sergeant
Martinez, Robert, MSgt, (1960-1992) 732 73270 Master Sergeant
Doran, Richard, SSgt, (1969-1973) 204 20450 Staff Sergeant
Edwards, Willard, SSgt, (1966-1970) 421 42153 Staff Sergeant
Lee, Paul, MSgt, (1964-1984) 431 43171A Staff Sergeant
Nowak, Fred, SSgt, (1965-1969) 301 30151 Staff Sergeant
Richebacher, Dennis, TSgt, (1964-1986) 301 30171 Staff Sergeant
Seehafer, Eugene (Gene), SSgt, (1966-1970) 271 27150 Staff Sergeant
Ulshafer, Cornell, SSgt, (1966-1969) 702 70250 Staff Sergeant
Harris, Daniel, SSgt, (1964-1969) 464 46430 Staff Sergeant
Allison, David, Sgt, (1968-1972) 542 54272 Sergeant
Blakey, Alfred, SSgt, (1967-1972) 204 20430 Sergeant
Booth, Edward, SSgt, (1968-1972) 462 46250 Sergeant
Burkavich, Gary, Sgt, (1966-1969) 350 00350 Sergeant
Ciccarelli, Hal, TSgt, (1966-1988) 702 70251 Sergeant
Henthorn, Jim, SSgt, (1966-1970) 462 46250 Sergeant
Kovach, John, Sgt, (1969-1971) 431 43151A Sergeant
Lamica, Stephen, Sgt, (1967-1971) 461 46150 Sergeant
Leatherman, Danny, MSgt, (1967-1987) 431 43131A Sergeant
Lerch, Brent, Sgt, (1967-1971) 702 70250 Sergeant
Lind, Daniel, Sgt, (1966-1970) 301 30151 Sergeant
Murray, Michael, MSgt, (1967-1992) 325 32550 Sergeant
Neiswanger, Don, Sgt, (1968-1972) 350 00350 Sergeant
Patterson, Neil P, Sgt, (1967-1974) 112 11250 Sergeant
Purcell, Ernest, Sgt, (1967-1971) 461 46150 Sergeant
Rabideau, Kenneth, SSgt, (1968-1972) 631 63150A Sergeant
Smith, Bill, TSgt, (1969-1999) 271 27150 Sergeant
Trnka, Jim, Sgt, (1965-1970) 645 645X1 Sergeant
Wiss, Adolph, Sgt, (1967-1970) 301 30151 Sergeant
Williams, Ron, SMSgt, (1960-1984) 00 Senior Master Sergeant
Wheeler, Richard, SSgt, (1962-1970) 431 Staff Sergeant
Haycook, Roger, Sgt, (1967-1971) 00 Sergeant
Walsh, Richard Ambrose, Col, (1944-1969) Lieutenant Colonel
East, James Boyd, Maj, (1956-1969) Major
Lytle, Richard Walter, Maj, (1957-1969) Major
Coady, Robert Franklin, Maj, (1962-1969) Captain
Monette, Neal E., Capt, (1962-1969) Captain
Schiele, Craig Brian, Capt, (1966-1970) Captain
Ward, Neal Clinton, Maj, (1967-1969) Captain
Widdis, James Wesley, Lt Col, (1961-1969) Captain
Campbell, Clyde William, Capt, (1966-1969) First Lieutenant
Moore, Donald Robert, 1st Lt, (1967-1969) First Lieutenant
Miller, Ed, TSgt, (1967-1987) Sergeant
Patterson, Neil, Sgt, (1967-1974) Sergeant
Robertson, Robert Merlin, Sgt, (1967-1970) Sergeant
Detachment 1

Callahan, Michael, Sgt, (1967-1971) 462 46250 Sergeant
Fisher, Bill, Sgt, (1967-1971) 431 43151A Sergeant
Elzinga, Richard Gene, Maj, (1964-1970) 114 1144E Captain
Allen, Henry Lewis, Maj, (1967-1970) 114 1144E First Lieutenant

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