Greg Van Natten:
CLASS OF 1987
Schoharie High SchoolClass of 1987
Schoharie, NY
Schoharie Elementary SchoolClass of 1981
Schoharie, NY
Greg's Story
Life
I left the sleepy little village of Central Bridge to join the US Air Force in September 1987. After two months of basic training in Lackland AFB in Texas, I went through 4 months of data communications training at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Mississippi. While on leave during the holidays I married Stacey Thomas. My first tour was to Clark AB Republic of the Philippines. I arrived in country July 1988. There I was assigned to the 1961st Comm Group. My son was born in 1989. We left the PI in March 1991, about 3 months before Mount Pinatoubo blew its lid. My next assignment was to Hanscom AFB near Bedford Massachusetts. I had my first deployment to Riyadh Saudi Arabia late Nov 1991 for three months. My daughter was born in 1994. In 1996 I had the option of going to Key West to watch blinking lights or become a civil...Expand for more
ian. I joined MCI in Cary, North Carolina May 1996. While there I met some friends from the PI and they recruited me into the North Carolina Air National Guard. I deployed four more times while part of the NCANG; once to Qatar, twice to Afghanistan, and once to Djibouti. MCI sent me to London and Amsterdam for training. I was a member of the NCANG for 20 years before transferring to the Virginia Air National Guard to become a Cyber Operator. The VaANG had me traveling a lot for training before mobilizing me to McGhee Tyson in TN. I decided to submit for voluntary separation from Verizon Business. I retired from the military in Feb 2020. On the civilian side I joined MetLife and was there for almost three years before leaving and joining Lumen where I am at today. I still play organized rec softball and volleyball.
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