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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Staff Sergeant

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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.

 

   

  1967, Basic Technical Training (Chanute, AFB, IL), 57
School
Basic Technical Training (Chanute, AFB, IL)

Squadron
57

Flight
Not Specified

Start Date 
Mar, 1967
 

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Last Updated:Sep 27, 2023
   
Personal Memories

Other Memories
Left Lackland AFB with the temps in the 80s and arrived in Rantoul, IL while snowing.  Traveled by train along with 100 other airmen for training at Chanute AFB.

   
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  4 Also There at This Training:
Name Sqdn Flt Start Date
Gibson, James, SSgt, (1966-1973) 3369 Mar, 1967
Titus, Leroy, TSgt, (1967-1987) 3348 Mar, 1967
Burg, John, SSgt, (1967-1971) Apr, 1967
Hull, John, SSgt, (1967-1973) Apr, 1967
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