Charlotte Reed:  

Life When I joined the Air Force in Dec 1968, I left Alabama for basic and training in the Admin career field. I wanted to travel, however, my first assignment was at Maxwell AFB. Although that wasn't my idea of travel, it was a nice base to be stationed. I met my future husband on base. In Dec 1970, he left for Viet Nam and I went to Okinawa (Japan). Three months later we married in Okinawa and in 1972 I was discharged and had a baby girl. We were assigned to Honolulu for 2 years before he got an assignment at the Pentagon. He's orignially from VA so this was good. I had a son in 1976, the same year I began working in Wash DC at the Daughters of the American Revolution. I was there a year before taking my civil service exam. I worked for the Air Force at Bolling AFB DC and at the Pentagon. Years later I transferred as a GS-12 to what was the Defense Mapping Agency, in Bethesda. I adjudicated security investigation to grant (or deny) security clearances. But a couple years later, I transferred to Security as a Personnel Security Specialist and later to Security Education. I retired April 2004 and moved 5 hrs. south (in southwest VA) to be near my kids. The Blue Ridge Mts surround me and the area I'm in is referred to as the New River Valley. I don't miss the traffic and noise of the city. I enjoyed the Wash DC area until three years before leaving. The kids each married local folks and are 'planted' (besides their dad and his family are near). I got divorced in 1983 and am very independent. He is on wife #3. I own a home and have a 3 y/o granddaughter and another is on the way. My daughter doesn't have kids yet and is a RN. Stephanie and Steven (my kids) are good kids so I'm very blessed. Since moving, I've become a volunteer and am temporarily serving as the secretar...Expand for more