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I joined the Active Duty Air Force right out of high school, not fully knowing what path it would take me on. I was stationed at Malmstrom AFB in Great Falls, Montana, where I spent the entirety of my service and met some of the most incredible people along the way. I served proudly as …
I graduated in 1970 after 5 years at UW in Mechanical Engineering and AFROTC. I first went to Mather AFB, CA for navigator training. I was a C-130E and C-141A airlift navigator serving in Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand as well as to Europe and the Middle East. I separated after 5 years and worked in industry as a test …
I enlisted in the US Air Force after one year of college that I couldn’t afford. I was assigned the Missile Facilities Specialist role and was stationed at Ellsworth AFB where I helped maintain the Minuteman II missile system until we were ordered to stand down in the fall of 1991. From that point forward, …
I was a “chairborne paragraph trooper” in the U.S. Air Force. I became an Air Force information specialist in 1969 just before the Vietnam War draft. I just graduated with a journalism degree and wanted to be an environmental reporter. But, like other young men of draft age in those times, I had to make …
Dustin Lewis commissioned through Air Force ROTC while receiving his Bachelor’s in Psychology at UW Madison in 2011. He served as an AC-130 navigator at Hurlburt Field, FL for 9 of his 11 years in service and deployed four times to Afghanistan. Dustin separated in 2022, moved back to Madison, and graduated with his Master’s …
820th RED HORSE – Nellis Air Force Base / 1991-94; 414th Combat Training Squadron (RED FLAG) – Nellis Air Force Base / 1994-95; 353rd Combat Training Squadron (COPE THUNDER) – Eielson Air Force Base / 1995-97
Born and raised in Manila, Philippines, I moved to the US in 2007 and joined the Air Force in 2014 where I served 5 years as an Engineering Assistant. I was stationed at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas and deployed in the Middle East once. In 2017, I received my bachelor’s degree in …
I attended UW via the Airman Education and Commissioning Program 1996-1999 and obtained a bachelor’s in electrical engineering. From there I went to Officer Training School and then to my first assignment as an engineer – Cape Canaveral where I worked Titan IV rockets. After that, I had assignments in Intelligence and Engineering and retired …
I graduated from UW in 1955 with a Major in Economics. I went through the ROTC program and received my commission in the Air Force. I served 3 years on active duty. After my active duty, I went back into the Air Force Reserve and completed 21 years of service to my country. I was …
I am a current graduate student here at UW–Madison, completing my Master of Public Health here in May 2023. I completed my undergraduate in Biomedical Sciences in Jacksonville, FL. I am currently pursuing a Master of Physician Assistant studies and a PhD in Clinical and Translational studies through the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational …