Bruce Bright:  

Life On July 13th 1979 Lieutenant Colonel Bright enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve spending four years as an Infantryman with the 3rd BN, 24th Marines in Nashville, Tennessee. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee in May of 1984. In September of 1984 he earned a Commission via the Platoon Leaders Class program and was promoted to Second Lieutenant. Initially, he was assigned to Marine Air Control Squadron One in Camp Pendleton California while waiting for orders to flight school. One year later Lieutenant Colonel Bright was augmented into the regular Marine Corps and received orders to Pensacola, Florida for flight training. After flight training in Pensacola and Meridian, Mississippi Lieutenant Colonel Bright earned his Wings of Gold in May 1988. From 1989 until 1993 Lieutenant Colonel Bright served as an F/A-18A Pilot with VMFA-122 serving in Operations, Maintenance, and Logistics. While in VMFA-122 he completed three Western Pacific Deployments from Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, South Carolina. In 1993 he served with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, as a Forward Air Controller. In 1994 he was selected as an Exchange Officer with the Royal Air Force. From 1994-1996 Lieutenant Colonel Bright served as a Leadership and Land Navigation Instructor at The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia. From 1996-1998 he served as a Navy Exchange Officer with VFA-106 in Jacksonville, Florida where he held the billet of Operations Officer. From 1998-2000 he was the Air...Expand for more