Susan Atchley:  

I joined the Air Force in order to learn something,to get out in the world, and to serve my country! I got to do all three and never regretted a moment of it! Everything I learned in the USAF has carried me through my adult life. I am VERY proud to have served my country - so much that I actually joined the Texas Air National Guard for another year just 13 years after I was discharged from active duty! I really loved Hamilton AFB. It certainly was a beautiful place to be assigned! Nothing quite like listening to the fog horns on San Francisco Bay late at night or early morning! I got married for the first time out there, had two precious daughters and moved to the St. Louis area in 1969 for nearly 5 years. Then my husband's job transferred us to Houston, TX on Thanksgiving Day, 1973, where I have been ever since! We were divorced in 1975, and I met my darling 2nd husband in 1976. We were married in 1978, moved to Katy west of Houston in 1979, and I still live in the home we bought then. Dan had 3 children from his previous marriages, but his two girls stayed with their mothers. His son is "my son" and now lives in Alaska with his wife and 2 sons. My 2 daughters now live in Sealy, TX with their 3 children each. My Dan passed away after a lengthy and...Expand for more