Duane was active duty Air Force when I met him while he was stationed at Hill AFB, Utah. We were set up on a blind date by my friend Kami, and Duane's friend and roomate Bill who were dating at that time.
After Duane and I were married he separated from the Air Force briefly. Thought that life was greener on the other side of the fence. Then we found out we were pregnant and back in he went! Gotta pay for that baby somehow! Spencer, Aaron and Megan are all Air Force babies. Jake is our only civilian baby.
After 8 years active duty Duane once again separated from the Air Force and we moved from Utah to North Dakota to join the Happy Hooligans. This is the nickname for the North Dakota Air National Guard. While in North Dakota Duane was a traditional Guardsman and also worked at the Guard base in various jobs until he got the job that we went up there for which was to be a Crew Chief on the F-16 Fighter. This is what Duane did in the 8 years of active duty.
While in Fargo Duane decided to go back to school. So he quit his full time job, took on 3 part time jobs and a full load at the North Dakota State University. During these college years he also cross trained from being a crew chief to the medical field in the Guard. He became an EMT and was in charge of training on the local level. While doing this he was approach by a member of the staff for the Surgeon Generals office for the Air National Guard who wanted him to apply for a job that would have him doing nationally what he did locally for the North Dakota Air National Guard.
So off to Maryland we went. Now after 4 different career fields in the Air National Guard Duane gets to pack away all his uniforms and other military "junk." Now he is back in school to finish his degree which went from medical to business to Political Science.
And the hunt for a new job begins...................
Yummy cake!
General Demerit introducing Jake to the retirement ceremony attendees
Megan's turn
Award time.And that's it for the pictures right now cause Blogger is being stupid and I am lucky that I got this much posted!
7 comments:
Thanks for the update. Congrats to Duane! Thanks for your service! Thanks also to you LeeAnn,as well as Spencer, Aaron, Megan, and Jake for supporting him in his career. You will be in our prayers concerning the job hunting!
Great update, and what a jam packed brief history lesson on the life of Duane Volk. Congrats!
Congratulations to Duane and all of you! We wish him the best in his new endeavors! Of course we are so grateful you made you way to ND because you were a God sent to the Miller family. We love you with all our hearts! Maybe we'll end up living close once again. Big hugs to all!
Congratulations! Now it's time for that second career. :)
Congrats! The wierdest thing for my dad when he retired was having to buy clothes.
Oh man. That is so awesome! Congratulations! You guys should go on a vacation real quick before he gets a job. Ever visited St. George? *wink* *wink*
Congrats!
Loved the little history :)
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