Michael Theobald:  

Life After graduating high school, I attended and graduated from UC in 1979 with a B.S. in Criminal Justice and a commission in the Air Force as a second lieutenant since I wanted to see the world and gain experience in my field. The Air Force had other plans for me and I was assigned to an air defense radar unit. I served assignments in the US and overseas in Korea, middle east and Japan. In 1985, while stationed in Northern Japan, I met and later married a beautiful Air Force nurse and we had boy and girl twins in 1987. We were transferred stateside in 1989 to Riverside Ca. In 1991, I served as Air Defense Liaison to the United Arab Emirates and coordinated airstrikes and safe passage of strike and support aircraft during the Gulf War. I left active duty in 1992 to pursue a law enforcement career and served as a San Diego County Deputy Sheriff until recalled to active duty in 1996. I decided to remain on active duty to complete my 20-year retirement and was promoted to Lieutnant Colonel in 2000. I served as commander of an operations support flight in the southeast air defense sector, Tyndall AFB Florida and later served on the sector commander's staff as the Director of Exercise and Analysis. After the terrorist attack of 9/11, I led personnel that plan and execute protection and air defense of high value targets including nuclear facilities, chemical plants, and the President of the United States when visiting or transiting the Southeast US, air defense of space shuttle launches from Kennedy Space Center, the Daytona 500, and th...Expand for more