Craig Monsen:
CLASS OF 1969
St. Andrews Parish High SchoolClass of 1969
Charleston, SC
Webster UniversityClass of 1984
St. louis, MO
The CitadelClass of 1973
Charleston, SC
Craig's Story
Despite suffering from ADD/ADHD (diagnosed at age 52!) I've had a good life. It still affects interpersonal relationships. I still interrupt people sometimes; sorry.
Life
BS Business Administration, The Citadel 1973
Married Kathleen Lanigan of Hamburg, NY in 1976
MA Management, Webster University 1984
Military
-wanted to be a pilot since I was thirteen and Charleston AFB got that "new airplane" that used to fly over our house
-flew C-141 and C-9 airplanes for 20 years, retired from the USAF in 1993, flew around the world with a great bunch of guys, and then gals too
Workplace
- 3.5 years as airline pilot at Horizon Air flying the Fokker 28-4000
-- loved flying
-- hated the "commuting crewmember" lifestyle
- Special Education School Bus driver 1999-2010, the hours were CRAZY but I made a difference in one or two troubled kids:-)
- Now an ambulance driver for the Middlesex County Volunteer Rescue Squad
--On the Computer Committee.."can you reset my password...again"
Kathleen retired from the USAF in 2003. She quit her job with Scitor in Jan of 2012.
We have a class A motor home and have been almost as many places as Johnny Cash, who went everywhere! We do it with two dogs, two cats and two humans.
As Of May 2019:
65,000+ miles
47 states
7 provinces and 1 territory in Canada
Places you should go:
Museum of the Pa...Expand for more
cific in Fredericksburg, TX (Chester Nimitz)
Walmart Museum in Bentonville, AR
Crystal Bridges in Bentonville, too! (both are free)
WWII Museum in New Orleans
Chalmette Plantation-site of Battle of New Orleans 1815
WWII Memorial in DC
Vietnam Memorial in DC
(be sure to check out the Korean one, about 400 yards away)
Vicksburg Battleground
Shiloh Battleground
The Alamo
Spanish Missions that lead to founding of San Antonio
Waco, yes you have to visit Chip and Joanna's place!
Dr. Pepper museum is there too
Smithsonian museum in DC + Chantilly, VA
Yellowstone NP
Grand Tetons NP
Craters of the Moon NP
Mt. Rushmore NP
Crazy Horse
Wind Cave NP
Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
Crater Lake NP
(be sure to drive clockwise, if you go the other way your passenger will turn pale)
Alaska - “big” is not a good enough adjective!
(Do the whale watching tour from Juneau)
Mammoth Cave
Corvette factory
Harley Davidson Factory in PA
Graceland - really :-)
(They now believe Elvis had a traumatic brain injury from tripping on an electrical wire during filming of a movie and it caused several autoimmune diseases which caused his
chronic pain.)
Monument Valley (Navaho Reservation in NE Arizona)
Meteor Crater
Butchart Gardens
USS Alabama-Mobile, AL
USS Texas-Houston, TX
Naval Avation Museum-Pensacola, FL
8th AF Museum-Savannah, GA
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