October Updates

1 Oct - Susan Rank

“Just a quick note to say that I'm off again...this time for about 7 weeks. I am driving to Altus, OK for airdrop school. Hopefully, I'll be a little better about staying in touch while I'm there...what else is there to do in lovely Altus?!” (she’s on a 7-week TDY for airdrop & formation AR school)

then, on 6 Oct, “Just a quick note to say I made it to Altus safely and started classes today. Actually, I really enjoyed the drive...only saw about 2 clouds the whole way here, and took a few scenic detours.”

AOG announcement:
AOG has implemented an e-mail forwarding system that you can use to communicate with other graduates. We call it "AOG-mail". You can use AOG-mail to send an e-mail message to an individual graduate or to groups of graduates -- such as to an entire class. To investigate or to use AOG-mail, login at the address: http://www.aog-usafa.org/Aog-mail.htm

Noel Fulton gave me a list of ‘91ers at USAFA:

Dana ALLEN (Math),

Brian ANDERSON (MAS),

Russ BALKA (Athletics),

Paul BAUMAN (History),

Robert BLOCK (Math),

Eric BOWMAN (Astro),

Steve CARNEY (Management),

Kim DORNBURG (Athletics),

Noel FULTON (Aviation),

Kyle GRESHAM (Chemistry),

Mark GROTELUESCHEN (History),

Eric HOLT (Management),

Mike JOHNSON (Soaring),

Rick LESAN (Pol Sci),

Jeff NEAL (Pol Sci),

Brian PETERSON (EE),

Mike VENERI (MAS),

Jean VOIGHT (FULMER) (Math).

18 Oct - Toby Zyroll

“A lot has changed since my days at the zoo. I have been married to Megan for six years and we have a two year old little girl, Julia. In September 98 I separated and moved to Austin, TX. I work for a company called M/D Totco. I'm a project manager developing control systems for off shore oilrigs. My work has been taking me to Singapore and Brazil a lot lately. Flying business class and having an expense account is certainly better than going TDY on per diem.”

31 Oct - Brad Tebrugge

“Things are going well with us...Madeline is beginning to scoot around (you wouldn't recognize it as crawling yet) and is more fun every day. We have so much to be thankful for. We hope you are all well and will write us sometime and let us know how you are doing!”

(Later, his wife Kim filled me in with more detail) “The things that fill his schedule are hunting, flying and playing with Madeline. We are at Randolph; Brad is flying the T-1 at PIT. Brad grew up in San Antonio so it's a little weird to be "home" but we are appreciating time with his parents. His mom was diagnosed with cancer so we are on a humanitarian assignment. We keep praying. We are about the same, plus new additions like beloved Madeline (8 months), an awesome dog named Shelby (a Rhodesian Ridgeback--they are a great breed and we are big advocates if you are looking for a dog!), a cat, and of course, a horse. I was home last month and it is so beautiful in Washington! I got to see Max Torrens again (at the UW) and we had a great time getting caught up. I got out [of the AF] when we had Madeline. I am really fortunate to be involved with the Reserve IMA program (a reservist who works with an active duty unit) and love working at AFNEWS. We are still trying to find someone to watch Madeline so Brad doesn't have to take leave every time I go to work; he is getting a little tired of that, and I'd like to go in to work a little more.”