John Crabtree:  

Left Ramey in Aug '75; my family moved back to Maryland while I spent a semester at Bradley University. Peoria was the pits and I swore I'd never return to Illinois. I joined the Air Force in the Spring of '76 and was sent back to IL that summer for training - incredible! Eventually received my degree from U of Md. After leaving the AF my skills were put to use in a bucket manufacturing plant in Middletown, DE. If you bought a five gallon bucket of paint in the mid-Atlantic region in the late 80's, chances are I had a hand in making it. Having mastered the plastics field (remember the Graduate?), I started my civil service career with the Coast Guard in Baltimore, working on their cutters. A few years later, a position on their aviation side opened in Elizabeth City, NC and I moved there. (didn't we go to school with a bunch of kids from EC?) One of the perks in that job was visiting the CG Air Station at Borinquen. I remember going back for the first time in 1993 and thinking this was the land time forgot, but could still make out the "75" on the rusted water tower. A few years later, my career led me to Richmond, VA and finally to the DC-area. My wife Jackie, also a senior gov employee, and I will ret...Expand for more