Butch Chism:  

I graduated from Modoc Union High School in 1960 after attending high schools in Escondido and Riverside, and attended Palomar College, and graduated from California Baptist College (Now University) in 1965 with a BA, and Troy State University in 1977. with a MSc. After teaching Jr High students in Modesto 1965 - 1966, I joined the Air Force as an officer in '66, where I remained for 25 years. In 1964 while still in college, I married May Campbell and we just celebrated our 58th anniversary. We have three children -- two girls and a boy -- 12 grandchildren, and a great grandson. Both daughters are stay-at-home moms and homeschool their kids. My son is an IT systems analyst with an insurance company headquartered here in San Antonio, and he served in the AF as an Air Traffic Controller.. I had many opportunities for travel in the Air Force and visited 38 countries during my service. I had two overseas assignments, one in the Philippines, and another in Turkey. I also had assignments to Sacramento, San Antonio (three assignments at two different bases), Springfield, MA, Omaha, NE, and the Pentagon in DC. At retirement, I was the Inspector General at Lackland AFB. I have lived in the Texas Hill Country north of San Antonio since since transfer here in 1988. A highlite was traveling to Cape Canaveral, FL in Jul '69 and observing the launch of Apollo 11. My most enjoyable assignments was a diplomatic assignment to the American Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. During that assignment, we were able to visit Israel, Jordan, Italy and many Biblical sites in Turkey, including the Seven Churches of Revelations. I also had temporary duty to Germany, Iran, and Pakistan during my two-year Turkey assignment. In this position, there were only two people in my chain-of-command, two between myself and the Commander-in-Chief, the President. The most professionally challenging assignment for me was as the Executive Officer of the National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NE...Expand for more