James Franklin:  

I joined the USAF in Jan 1970, worked in the Audio Visual Career Field as an Illustrator, Graphic Artist, Audio Visual Superintendent, and my War Skill was Combat Camera. I retired in Feb of 1996 while stationed at the JOINT INTELIGENCE CENTER, Pearl Harbor HI, and remained in HI until Jan 2007. I married Elizabeth "Beth" Nelson in June 1970 when she graduated from TP. We had three children together (Beverly, born in 1970, lives in Jacksonville FL. Michael, born in 1972, lives in Hawthorne CA, is divorced and has one son, Michael who lives in Watts CA. Duane, born in 1974, lives in Jacksonville FL, is married to Melinda, has three children, Jasmine lives in Kaneohe Hawaii, Kari is in the US Army and lives on Schofield Barracks HI, and Christopher who lives in Jacksonville with his Mom and Dad. Beth (Elizabeth Ingrid Nelson, was a classmate, she was in the 1970 Class, at Terry Parker) and I were divorced in 1995. Beth passed in 2023, Jacksonville Beach FL. MILITERY SERVICE: My first duty station for the USAF was at Scott AFB, Illinois, and my first assignment there was to illustrate a safety manual for the 7th Weather Wing. My second assignment was at HQ Pacific Air Forces Hickam AFB Hawaii where I was in HQ Graphics, I was able to get assigned to a one man graphics shop with the 6594th Test Group, also on Hickam AFB, and I got my first opportunity to work with members of the AF Special Operations Para Rescue. I reenlisted in Hawaii, and was transferred to Eglin AFB Florida, I was assigned to the Tactical Air Command Audio Visual office there. From Eglin I was reassigned to HQ Tactical Air Command Graphics, Langley AFB Virginia. After Langley I was reassigned to the audio visual office at COMMANDER IN CHIEF PACIFIC COMMAND, Camp Smith Hawaii (a Marine base, and also the home of the SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND. From CINCPAC, I was reassigned to the Los Angeles AFS (later AFB, and now a Space Command Base) HQ Graphics. I was at the HQ Graphics for only a few months before I was given the assignment of contract manager for the base graphics and base model shop. It was at Los Angeles AFB that I was sent to an MSF Instructor course. After 8 years, I was reassigned to the Joint Intelligence Center Hawaii Audio Visual Section ...Expand for more