Troy Kochner:  

I would say I had a full life in a very short period of time. After attending schools in Nevada and Nebraska, I graduated from Lincoln (NE) High in 1990. Three weeks later I was in Basic Training with the Air Force, where I ran into Solon from MCHS. Of all the people I knew from any school I ever attended, Solon is one of only three I have ever ran into since graduation, and that was in the Mess Hall at Lackland about 6 weeks after graduating. After Basic, I went to Monterey, CA for linguistics training and then to Texas for electronics training. After leaving there I did some training in Illinois and eventually landed at Offutt AFB near Omaha, NE as a Vehicle Mechanic. During my 2 years at Offutt, I did a 4 month tour-of-duty in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Following Riyadh and Offutt, I did a two-year stint at Aviano AFB in northern Italy. It was during this tour I attended my only NFL game to date when the L.A. Raiders beat the Denver Broncos 25-22 in the '94 American Bowl in Barcelona. This was an especially good game for me since it was the year my favorite player (Tom Rathman) played for the Silver-and-Black. My 5-year Air Force career ende...Expand for more