Rich Vanderwoude:
CLASS OF 1976
Grover Cleveland High School 202Class of 1976
Buffalo, NY
Rich's Story
Life
email: RichVW at aol.com
2000
I recently left the USN Reserve after 25 years of active/reserve duty ...Recently joined the USAF Reserve (Niagara Falls Air Reserve Base, 914th) and hope to stick there till I can retire in about 17 years...I work for Toshiba America Medical Systems as a senior field engineer...Really miss my old active duty days aboard the USS Truxtun and being at sea...Fell in love with Guam when I went there in 97 and hope to retire there someday...The diving was awesome and the island beautiful...till then, I just suffer thru the winters in Buffalo, NY...Married 20 years (Ana) and 2 children (Krystle 17 and Ian 11)
2002-2003
Spent a year in...Expand for more
Japan with my parent company doing a new product development... Commuting every month was rough but had a super time there exploring the country...
2005
Moved to El Paso, TX area (Canutillo)... Transferred USAFR to Peterson AFB (302nd)...
2006
Transferred USAFR to Davis-Monthan AFB (Tucson, AZ)... Love the base and the people... Lots of old planes in storage there...
2007
Activated by the USAF Reserve for 5 months... Shipped off to Qatar... Worked with some great people there...
2008
Retired from the USAF Reserve in 2008 after 33 years total military... Not too old, just been in too long... LOL
Still with Canon America Medical Systems (almost 27 years now)...
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