Cathleen Coyle:  

Life Hey folks! After SRHS I entered Middlesex CC. I was so bored my second year that I decided to join the U.S. Air Force! I entered on 1 December 1982. During those years I had the following duties: 16 years as a Law Enforcement Specialist, 1 year as a Combat Arms Specialist (were I trained new recruits, ROTC cadets and base personnel marksmanship skills in 6 different weapons - talk about a scary!) For 3 years I was the Education & Training Specialist, ensuring over 300 assigned personnel are properly trained in their particular AF specialty. 1 Year I performed duties as the Career Development Course writer, responsible for writing the promotion study material for over 5000 personnel in my job specialty. I ended my career as the Operations Superintendent for my unit. After 23 years, my retirement ceremony was held on 28 Jul 06. The picture I have posted includes the family members that traveled to San Antonio to attend. My retirement ended a 23 year career and was effective on 1 Sep 2006. Those years I spent in the military were an honor and a privilege and would never trade them. I neer intended to do 20 years. Frankly I thought my mouth would get me in trouble the first year! But I survived and was ready to retire at exactly 20 years - 1 Dec 2002! Unfortunetly life had other plans. First, the tragic and cowardly events of Sep 11th (2001) resulted in all retirements suspended until further notice. Almost 1 year later, that was lifted and I again started the proces...Expand for more