Edward Chalgren:
CLASS OF 1988
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Spartanburg High SchoolClass of 1988
Spartanburg, SC
Dreher High SchoolClass of 1988
Columbia, SC
Hand Middle SchoolClass of 1984
Columbia, SC
Brennen Elementary SchoolClass of 1981
Columbia, SC
Edward's Story
We (SHS Class of '88) graduated on 06 June 1988. 01 Sept 1988 I was at Lackland AFB, TX (Sept-Oct '88) learning how to be invisible from my TI. I went into the signals intelligence career field (our motto: In God we trust, all other we monitor!) leaning how to copy Morse Code at Ft. Devens, MA (Oct '88 - Oct '89) and how not to copy Morse Code at NTTC Corry Station Pensacola, FL (Oct '89 - May '90). I found myself in Sunny Yorkshire England at Menwith Hill Station for two years (June '90 - June '92). After that I was sent to Ft. Meade, MD for two years (June '92 - June '94) where I learned how to fly. Then on to Misawa Air Base, Japan where I took drinking to new heights (July '94 - April '96). Then it was right back to Ft. Meade, MD (May '96 - Sept '99). I was honorably discharged from the USAF in September of 1999. I stayed in Maryland and bought my first dwelling, a piggy-back condominum in Crofton, MD. I worked for two civilian companies and then decided I liked the military again and just before 9/11 I contacted the Maryland Air National Guard and just after 9/11 (05 Oct 2001) they were more than happy to brin...Expand for more
g me on board. I got to keep my rank from my active duty time.
The Maryland Air National Guard has the A-10C ground attack fighter (tank killer & Taliban/Al Queda hunter) and the newest version of the venerable old C-130J cargo aircraft.
My career field is in logistics this time (our motto, We move people and freight). I was deployed for about a month in support of Hurricane Katrina/Rita relief effort in New Orleans, LA at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center (Sept-Oct 2005) and then deployed to LSA Anaconda/Balad Air Base, Iraq in support of Operation: Iraqi Freedom (Mar-Jul 2008).
I married (16 Aug 2003) a woman from Annapolis, MD who I met at church. We have a daughter, Holly, who was born on December 7th, 2005; the proudest day of our lives. Christine is a stay at home mom. I'm a full-timer in my Air Guard unit, and take online classes with the University of Maryland, University College. We still live in Crofton, but in a two-story end unit town home.
At SHS you might remember me as a very short guy with a head full of brown hair and I was called Ted. I'm still short.........let me hear from you, Cheers!!
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![Chow time at D-FAC 4 Joint Base Balad, Iraq.](https://images.classmates.com/pho217/d/m/A/F/135103160_display.jpg)
![TMO Outbound cargo section.](https://images.classmates.com/pho106/j/1/7/Z/135103087_display.jpg)
![It's raining dirt!](https://images.classmates.com/pho215/z/a/P/3/126450837_display.jpg)
![Soldier by default](https://images.classmates.com/pho214/m/T/0/W/126450827_display.jpg)
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![332 ELRS compound, Balad Air Base, Iraq](https://images.classmates.com/pho204/2/k/u/Q/126450812_display.jpg)
![Teddy, Christine(wife) & Holly(daughter)](https://images.classmates.com/pho212/D/j/6/g/126303855_display.jpg)
![Daddy's Home!!](https://images.classmates.com/pho113/E/e/h/1/126303849_display.jpg)
![332 ELRS, Balad Air Base, Iraq 23 Apr 2008](https://images.classmates.com/pho114/2/E/k/G/126303843_display.jpg)
![ted and teddy chalgren circa 1980](https://images.classmates.com/pho203/C/c/g/e/126116790_display.jpg)
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