Thomas Brown:  

Life I joined the Air Force(most of you who remember me will realize that wasn't much of a stretch) in '85, going to Japan first. Then spent a year in Korea. Moved on to spend 5 1/2 years in Minot, North Dakota. Not exactly the first place I would have picked. While in Minot, I deployed to Cairo West AB in Egypt for six months during Desert Shield/Storm. Kind of cool being a couple of miles from the great pyramids. From there, I did a year and a half in Fort Dix as an instructor, continuing to instruct new Security Police in the Air Force when they moved the school from New Jersey back to San Antonio. Spent a total of four years in San Antonio. I then returned to Osan, South Korea. I did my last four years in the Air Force at Andersen AFB, Guam. With all of these moves, it goes without saying that I am divorced. But I do have a beautiful daughter named Meghan who is 18 and is going to the University of Hartford. I retired from the Air Force on 1 April 2005 as a MSgt (E-7) after 20 years and 19 days in. I initially took a job at HQ Pacific Air Forces at Hickam AFB, Hawaii as the training manager for the PACAF Security Forces. Great job and I had the opportunity to work with some outstanding people up there who truely believed in what they were doing--making sure our troops went to the fight with the best training and equipment--despite some ro...Expand for more