Isiah 'Ike' Edwards III:
CLASS OF 1983
Bellevue West High SchoolClass of 1983
Bellevue, NE
Bellevue East High SchoolClass of 1984
Bellevue, NE
University of Nebraska - Marching BandClass of 1984
Lincoln, NE
Bellevue Mission Middle SchoolClass of 1980
Bellevue, NE
Woodley Knoll SchoolClass of 1977
Suitland, MD
Isiah 'Ike''s Story
Life after graduating from Bellevue West"
Fall 1983-attended UNL(1yr) partied myself out of school, oops,
1984-86 worked as a salesman selling computers (The new Apple Macintosh, with a 5 Mb HDD)
Moved to Mississippi worked retail sales for audio/video equipment
1987 enlisted into the Navy trained as an Aviation Electronics Technician
-1989 assigned to Advanced Early Warning Squadron VAW-114 Hormel Hawgs, 1991 bombed Iraq(Desert Storm), performed drug interdiction operations in Panama (after "Just Cause")1993 Bombed Iraq(Op Southern Watch),
-1994-96 assigned to Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, Blue Angels as a Crew Chief for the solo jets, #6 my first and 2nd yr, #5 my 3rd year,
-1997-98 Assigned Atsugi Japan in VFA-195 The Dambusters,
-1999-2002 assigned to Navy Recruiting District Kansas City as a recruiter, then as the Systems/LAN administrator,
-2002-2004 assigned to Advanced Early Warning Squadron VAW-116 The Sunkings in Pt. Mugu CA, I was on the USS Constellation, (My airwing dropped the bombs for "Shock and...Expand for more
Awe", which started Operation Iraqi Freedom). Missed the 20 yr High School reunion, due to cruise work-ups.
2004-Apr 2007, Instructor teaching avionics to newbies coming into the Navy. I started instructing in Pt. Mugu, CA. The Navy shut down the West Coast schoolhouse and moved us to Norfolk, VA. I lived in Virginia Beach, so it wasn't so bad.
-2007, Apr 30th retired from the Navy. Moved to Long Beach, Mississippi.
I went back to college,(You know the thing I took a break from 24 years ago),
-2012 Graduated from the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College with a degree in Network Security, Computer Networking Technology, and Bachelor Prep General Education.
-Transferred to Univ. of Southern Miss, Graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Applied Technology.
-2013 Moved to Austin, TX and got married. Started working for Dell
-2016 Started working at Home Depot's Austin Tech Center
-2017 Started working as the Senior IT Computer Support Technician at Austin Community College
I miss you guys and think of you often. Ike
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