Brad Wilkins:
CLASS OF 1979
Southside High SchoolClass of 1979
Muncie, IN
Ivy Technical - East CentralClass of 1981
Muncie, IN
Brad's Story
Life
I retired from the Air Force as of June 1 2006. I moved back to Muncie ( I know some of you are saying , I can't believe he moved back to Muncie but hey, it's home). I moved back to Muncie to be with my family and to find that special someone. I know I have found her and she is my one and true angel. My 17 year finished hi last 2 years at Southside. He has moved on with his life and now all my kids are out of the house. I do have 2 grand kids but they live in Virginia so I only get to see them every now and then. But when they do visit I make sure they will remember grandpa. If any of you have any reunion pictures from the 5,10 or 15 year reunion please send them to me so I can post them in the photo album here on this site. I also have all of the pictures on FaceBook as well so you can find them there too. I also have a Stevenson Elementary page that I started so if you have old pictures from that era please put them on the Stevenson FB page.
Hope all is well in your lives
School
Like anything in life, you have your good times and bad. My years at Southside fall into that good and bad. I will never forget the good times. I am definitely glad that I kept all of my negatives and pictures from newspaper and yearbook. I hope that by the next reunion I will have more pictures than I had at the last two.
Military
I started my Air Force career on December 28, 1984. Went through basic training at Lackland AFB in Texas. From there I went to a school at Chanute AFB in Rantoul Illinois. My first duty station was Barksdale AFB in Bossier City Louisiana. I was suppose to go to Germany for my first assignment but traded for another assignment. After refueling jets for three years in all different kinds of weather, I decided that it was time for a change. I applied to retrain into the Intelligence career field and it was accepted. Yes Military Intelligence, I know what you're thinking. I then w...Expand for more
ent back to school. This time it was at Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo Texas which is out in the middle of nowhere. Six months later I moved to Offutt AFB in Omaha Nebraska where I worked as an Electronic Intelligence Analyst. While there I received orders to Panama after about 1 month on station. I turned down the assignment and about a month later I got the same assignment back. The neat thing about getting that assignment was that I did get to attend Survival School in Washington State. I think everyone should go through that kind of training. After Survival School and some time back at Offutt I went TDY to Locheed Martin Depot in Greenville Texas for about a week. That town is really out in the middle of nowhere. While there I ran into Mitchell Frogg who graduated with my older brother Greg. Back at Offutt AFB I tried to work an assignment to Scotland but instead ended up at Elmendorf AFB in Anchorage Alaska. No, it is not dark all of the time in the winter and no you don't have to take dog sleds everywhere in the winter. I know you were thinking that. I lived on Base next door to the elementary school which made it great for the kids. If you don't like snow then do not go to Alaska especially in the winter. It is one of those places you either love it or hate it. I loved it! While there I did go to Osan AFB Korea for about a week and Anderson AFB, Guam for about 3 weeks. After six years in Alaska it was time to move on. My next assignment was Langley AFB in Hampton Virginia. There I was assigned to the 10th Intelligence squadron and later rolled over into the 30th Intelligence Squadron. After being there for about 8 years I received an assignment to Edwards AFB in southern California. I turned down the assignment and opted to retire instead. I had some really great experiences while in the military and would recommend it to anyone who is thinking or have kids who are thinking about it.
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