Stephen Garner:
CLASS OF 1973
Guilford High SchoolClass of 1973
Rockford, IL
Guilford Center Elementary SchoolClass of 1969
Rockford, IL
Stephen's Story
From 1973 at Guilford to 2011 in 30 seconds.
After Medical School, I did my scholarship pay-back with the US Air Force and was able to obtain an Air Force Sponsored Civilian Residency in Orthopedic Surgery. From residency I was given the opportunity to be able to work and live in several locations; Tampa Florida, Turkey for two years, then Texas twice, then finally to Arizona. In between were a few âÃÂÃÂside trips" to; Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Moldova, Qatar, England, Ireland, and Pakistan.
I did some flight training as part of doing Flight Medicine, and flew the F-16. I flew over 1.5 Mach, went vertical ( straight up) , and flew the aircraft inverted ( upside side...Expand for more
down), pulled 9 Gs in tight turns , as well as did some air-to-air intercepts. Also did two summers of scuba diving every other week end in the Mediterranean and 10 days of diving in the RED Sea.
That all sounds fun and it was, but the real fun is that Rachel and I enjoyed that together and we have two children (now grown), and now a Grandson!
We are now semi-retired, living in AZ. I retired from the Air Force in 2009 after 23 years of service... I still practice medicine 2-3 days a week seeing patients and doing surgery. Rachel is an R.N. and Occupational Therapist and works at Luke AF Base.
Hope to see you other Vikings at the next reunion.
God willing. Steve Garner
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