Michael Cleary:
CLASS OF 1969
Thousand Oaks High SchoolClass of 1969
Thousand oaks, CA
Michael's Story
Family: Happily married to Marianne (McAvoy) of Brooklyn, NY since May 1976. Our son Andrew and daughter Ruth, both graduates of Creighton University, Omaha, NE are both happily married with children: Samuel, Anderson, and Liam (Andrew), and Felicity and Natalie (Ruth). Ruth is an elementary teacher here in Bellevue, NE and Andrew is a Section Supervisor at the Regional Veterans Affairs Headquarters in Milwaukee, WI.
Interests: Besides spending time with family and grandchildren, still enjoy all kinds of music (Gordon Lightfoot, John Denver, Eagles, various Country and Folk artists, Beach Boys, Doobie Brothers, and other old rock), playing guitar (Taylor 12-string) with friends and with church choir; fishing, hiking, reading (historical fiction and non-fiction), do-it-yourself projects, collecting coins, 1:18 scale diecast racing and sports cars (could never fit in or afford a real one, so I fantasize what it's like!) and model aircraft, of course. Enjoy volunteering for Habitat for Humanity, Church activities, and our local Food Pantry, and donating Blood Platelets every couple of weeks for the Red Cross.
Sports: After baseball and basketball at TOHS, played NCAA Division1 basketball for the US Air Force Academy, Colorado. After graduation, and while in training at Keesler AFB, MS, played AAU basketball during off-duty time and was selected to play with the All-Air Force team against the other service's All-star teams (we lost a close one to Army in the final championship game) in Virginia. Continued to play organized and recreational league basketball, volleyball, softball, tennis, and bowling until had to have total left knee replacement in September 2009. Replaced the right knee in April 2014. Now go for walks and swim (no more running allowed!); enjoy watching college basketball and football (go Air Force Falcons!), but also a Creighton Bluejay Basketball and Nebraska Cornhuskers Football fan.
Career: Attended United States Air Force Academy (69-73); Commissioned as USAF officer (73). Received Top Secret+ security clearance and served 26 years in various duties and locations: Student Pilot at Columbus AFB, MS (73); Electronic Systems Training Student at Keesler AFB, MS (73-74); Radar and Electronic Systems Maintenance Officer at the 773rd Radar Squadron,...Expand for more
Montauk Air Force Station, Long Island, NY (74-76) (where I met and married Marianne); Telecommunications and Cryptologic Systems Officer for the National Security Agency at Shemya AFB, Aleutian Islands, AK (77); Chief of Communications and Cryptologic Systems Training at the USAF School of Applied Cryptologic Sciences, Goodfellow AFB, San Angelo, TX (78-79)(where Andrew was born); Section Commander and Leadership Instructor at Squadron Officer School, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, AL (79-82); Chief of the Advanced Voice Requirements Branch, and then Command Briefer and Chief of Command Presentations at Air Force Communications Command, Scott AFB, IL (83-84) (where Ruth was born); Commander of the 2002nd Communications Squadron, Altus AFB, OK (85-88); USAF Security Assistance and Military Advisor to the Royal Thai Air Force at the Joint United States Military Advisory Group, Bangkok, Thailand (88-91); Director of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee Programs at the National Security System and The White House, Washington, DC (91-95); Chief of the Computer Operations Division for the United States Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Bellevue, NE (95-99). Retired from USAF in September 1999 as a Colonel. Did volunteer work for a couple of years, and then was employed full-time for 7 years as Special Investigator, conducting and reporting background investigations on government, military, and contract personnel for their Top Secret security clearances. Currently employed 7 years full-time as a Senior Systems Analyst for the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center's Combatant Command Command-and-Control Division, providing Subject Matter Expertise and Program Management support for software development and Information Technology acquisitions and sustainment for the United States Strategic Command's various mission planning systems at Offutt AFB, NE.
Education: Bachelor of Science in History and Military Arts and Sciences from US Air Force Academy; Master of Science in Teleprocessing Science from University of Southern Mississippi; Master of Science in National Defense Organizational Studies and Management from Air Command and Staff College, and Master of Science in National Security Issues and Management from Air War College.
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