Alan Beckler:  

Between June 1960 and July 2000 I spent 35+ years with the Air Force as Active Duty, Reservist and as a Civilian Employee. I am retired from both the military side and the civilian sides of the house. I have spent over 7 years living outside the US in foreign countries. I picked up bicycle racing at 40+, while living south of Miami, FL. I spent 3/4ths of my career "in the dark," meaning I worked night shifts much of the time. Hurricane Andrew blew us from So. Fla. to Colorado Springs, where we spent 8½ years, before moving to NW Indiana. For both of us, Melinda & I, we are disappointed in being "stuc...Expand for more