Phyllis Fitzgerald:  

CLASS OF 1978
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Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN
Fairview, TN
Fairview, TN
Howard High SchoolClass of 1968
Nashville, TN

Phyllis's Story

Life I Graduated in 1978. I Joined the Army right after school. I Retired from the Army in June 1999 as a CW3. I have two kids. My son is 24,married, with one baby girl. He spent 4 years in the U.S. Air Force and is now a Database Adminstrator for USDA. I also have a daughter, 20, who is currently serving in the U.S. Air Force and recently married Paul, an Air Force Sergeant. My husband is also retired from U.S. Army, he is now a police Lieutenant. We live in Kansas. I still have family in Tennessee and on occassion we visit them. I now work with at the Fort Riley Kansas Battle Command Training Campus as a Deputy Lead and Computer Based Instructor of Intelligence applications. College I have an Associates Degree from City Colleges of Chicago and I graduated Dec 1998 from Upper Iowa University with a Bachelors of Social Science. This was an accomplishment of mine prior to retiring from the Army. I almost have my Master's in Human Resources Management with Central Michigan University. Again, what an accomplishment for someone who really came from nothing, but managed to prevail, have a career and make something out of her self. Workplace Since retiring from the Army, I now work as a government contractor. I am a Deputy Lead and a Computer Based Instructor. I teach soldiers how to use digital systems. Military Hello to all. I entered basic training July 5th, 1978 at Fort McClellan Alabama. A young 17 year old straight out of high school. My AIT was at Fort Huachuca Arizona. I was a 96B10 (Intelligence Analyst). After AIT, my first assignment was with Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) at Arlington Hall Station, Va. I lived at Fort Myer, VA and worked at Arlington Hal...Expand for more
l. I re-enlisted and went to Berlin Germany. While there, I met my husband Keith, married and had our son while stationed there. I worked for DCSI, USCOB. I re-enlisted while in Berlin and we were next assigned to Fort Polk LA. I worked in the G2 office. After Fort Polk, it was back to Germany. We were assigned to the 8th ID headquarted in Bad Kruznach, but we were located in Baumholder, I was assigned to the 208 FSB. We had our daughter in 1988 at Landstuhl Army Medical Center. While stationed in Baumholder, I applied for Warrant Officer School, and was excepted. I went to Fort Rucker for the basic Warrant Officer Course, then onto Fort Huachuca Az for my speciality training. (All-Source Intelligence Analyst or also known as Order of Battle Technician). We then were assigned to Fort Riley Kansas. We went to Desert Shield/Storm with the Big Red One. Our Kids stayed at Ellsworth AFB in South Dakato with Keith's sister. After Fort Riley, Keith went to Korea for a year and I stayed at Fort Riley with the kids, once he returned we were assigned to Fort Hood Texas. Spent alot of time away from home at this assignment. I went to Korea while stationed at Fort Hood for an exercise. While at Fort Hood we were recruited to go to the Battle Command Training Program (BCTP) at Fort Leavenworth KS. I worked for the World Class Opfor, and Keith was on Ops Group A as a Field Artillery Observer Controller. Keith retired in 1998 from Fort Leavenworth and I retired in 1999 from Fort Leavenworth. Currently, Keith is a police Lieutenant and I am a government contractor and work at the Battle Simulation Center at Fort Riley Kansas. We had a wonderful time in the Army and loved our careers.
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Keith and Phyllis
Jarid in front of the 303rd MI Bn Fort Hood Tx
Amanda and Sam
Amanda 1 year old
phyllis harley christmas party jan 2009
Adrianna, My son's daughter
My son
Amanda and Paul
Amanda and Dad
My daughter and I, Dec 2008
Keith and I at the Topeka Kansas Air Museum
phyllis 1978 high school graduation picture

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