George Kimmel:  

Life I entered the US Air Force on August 21, 1959, and served 20 + years on active duty. During my Air Force career, I served 2 tours of duty in Alaska, 2 tours in California, 2 tours in Texas, 1 tour in Florida and 1 tour in Japan. I met my wife in April of 1961 and we were married on June 22, 1963. Barbara is and was a "Military Brat", and we both enjoyed all of the traveling we did while I was on active duty. We have 5 children and 3 really swell Grand Children. Our oldest daughter (Karla) was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, Kari was next and she was born in Anchorage, Alaska, Paul was born in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida and the Twins (Ron & Rob) were born in Tokyo, Japan. During the time I spent in the military, I earned a B.S. degree in Occupational Education from Southern Illinois University. I went back to school when I retired and earned a Master of Arts in Teaching from Oklahoma City University. I retired from the Air Force on September 1, 1979, and relocated to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. I was employed by the University of Oklahoma in their teaching hospital from October 1979 through April of 1987. My position with the hospital was Chief of Pulmonary Services and Critical care. In 1987 I was hired by the U.S. Immigration Service as an immigration Inspector. I have served in a variety of positions and locations during my time with INS and with CBP. We became U. S. Customs and Border protection in March of 2003 when we merged with Customs an...Expand for more