Charles Bate:
CLASS OF 1986
Ketcham High SchoolClass of 1986
Wappingers falls, NY
Charles's Story
After graduation I reported to basic training at Fort Dix, NJ, My wife, Renee and I then went to a follow on assignment to Fort Devens, MA, where my first daughter was born. After a year of electronics training I was sent to Fort Lewis, WA, where I was stationed from September of 1987 to August of 1991 and my second daughter was born. My third daughter was born in Poughkeepsie while I was back at Fort Devens, MA for addiional training in July 1990 and then back to WA. A year later I moved the family back to NY from 1991- 1993 when I was sent on an unaccompanied tour to Panama and El Salvador where I served as a electronic tech and saved a fellow Soldier's life.. Upon completion of my tour in Panama I was sent to Fort Drum, NY, While at Fort Drum my son was born and I got an all expense pai...Expand for more
d vacation to Haiti, for Operation Uphold Democracy. In 1996 I left Fort Drum for Fort Huachcua, AZ where I was an AIT Instructor and courseware designer from 1996-2001. In 2001 I was sent to Wurzburg Germany where I served as a Company 1SG and Battalion Maintenace Supervisor, Platoon Sergeant, and Communications and Electronics Maintenance NCOIC. I left Wurzburg and returned to Fort Huachuca, AZ where I served as a 1SG and Battalion S6 Information Assurance NCO. I retired in July of 2006. My girls are in their 20's now and my son is 15. I celebrated my 24th anniversary with my wife Renee in Vegas in May 2010, and was laid off from work the following week. I am currently seeking employment back in the Dutchess County area. I arrived back in NY on 18 July 2010, I am living in Poughkeepsie.
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