Bruce Couey:  

Life I left San Bernardino to join the Army in 1972 and never went back. I went from high school to flight school to become a helicopter pilot at age eighteen. I did two tours with the U.S. Army at Fort Hood, Texas with 4 years in the seventies and 4 years in the eighties with one trip to Egypt in 1983. I met my wife in Oxnard in 1980 when her car had a flat tire. We were neighbors but it took a flat tire for us to get together. Married with three kids now. My oldest graduated the University of San Francisco in 2004 while my youngest studied at Cal State Northridge and Cal State LA and graduated with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering. I delivered mail in beautiful Santa Barbara but I live in less expensive Oxnard down the coast. I retired in 2017 at age 62. Granddaughter Rebecca arrived December 2020, Granddaughter Sasha arrived in November 2021, and Grandson Miles arrived in July 2022. Workplace I worked as a Letter Carrier in the beautiful coastal town of Santa Barbara for the past thirty years. Great weather year round ...a big change from those hot summers in San Berdoo growing up in the 60's. I am still the editor of a union newsletter for our local branch of the NALC. I've traveled to Philadelphia, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Anaheim, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and Chicago(2022) for our national NALC conventions. My...Expand for more