Brief Bio
Length and Branch of Service:
12 years - United States Air Force.
Tours of Duty:
Blytheville AFB, AR (2 Tours)
Offutt AFB, NE
Ramstein AB, Germany
Carswell AFB, TX
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Member of The American Legion for 22 years
Current Legion Service
NATIONAL LEVEL
"American Legion Magazine" Commission Member for Arkansas
DEPARTMENT LEVEL
2009-2010 Department Historian
Department Oratorical Committee Member
Staff Photographer for the Arkansas Boys State Program
Editor for the "Arkansas Boys State Annual Yearbook"
Department of Arkansas Webmaster
POST LEVEL
Post 114 Historian
Post 114 Oratorical Committee Chairman
Post 114 Arkansas Boys State Chairman
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Past Legion Service
DEPARTMENT LEVEL
Northeast Area Vice Commander
Department Historian 1998-2003 / 2007-2009
(Awarded 2nd Place -- National Historians Contest for "One-Year Post Yearbook History" in Oct. 2000)
Editor of the "Arkansas Legionnaire" newspaper
Department Public Relations
DISTRICT LEVEL
3rd District Commander
3rd District 1st Vice Commander
3rd District Historian
3rd District Executive Committeeman
POST LEVEL
Post 114 Chaplain
Post 114 Adjutant
Post 114 Finance Officer
Post 147 (Marion, IL) Historian
Post 147 (Marion, IL) Honor Guard Team Member
Post 114 Webmaster
S.A.L.
Sons of the American Legion (S.A.L.), Detachment of Arkansas National Executive Committeeman
S.A.L. Detachment of Arkansas Historian
S.A.L. Squadron 114 Historian
S.A.L. Squadron 114 Adjutant
40 & 8
40 & 8 Grand Du Arkansas Historian
40 & 8 V-182 Historian
Served on various National and Department Convention Committees
Member of the National Association of Department Historians of the American Legion (NADHAL)
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