I agree: Jerry (Wendy) CORBETT zipped me email with a profound statement regarding our lost souls: "After all, they don't have to joint (the AOG), it would just be nice if they'd let their old buddies know where they are." I'm not sure if it's just that Jerry wants to know where more free meals are during his Delta layovers, but the idea is a good one. Wendy home-schooled the older two (of four) last year, but let them transition to a local Christian school this year. After the younger two are out of the next, Wendy plans to go to nursing school. They and the Joe FERNANDES family (Jeanne, plus two) met in Idaho for powder skiing. Joe will be flying for Northwest out of Hawaii while Jeanne continues to manage a YMCA near their home in Sebastopol CA. Jerry stays in touch with Dave JONES. Both bought boats together and "try to spend some time experimenting with just how much lake water can be forces up one's nose (skiing) at 30 mph. I'll remember to bring a camera sometime. It would have been nice to have captured Dave's near miss with a duck last September."

Whispering into his lapel, George (Rox Ann, plus three) RYAN, our Secret Service agent says life is great in Indiana. "They give me a car, a badge and a gun and tell me to go forth and lock up the bad guys. We deal with counterfeiters, check forgers, credit card fraudsters, cellular phone phreakers, bank fraud cases, just about any crime that involves the money system." His office is on call for Pres/VPres protective detail (lots of overseas stuff) and also handles foreign heads of state when they are here. The heads of state usually like to go to warm, tourist places (a tough job, George). He says if any of you see his name on the armed LEO form you get in the cockpit, make sure to say hello.

On the same side of the "good deal" secret spectrum is the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterrey. Kirk YOST says he's there getting a PhD in ops research because "AFIT lost several guys it wanted to sponsor and found my name in a dead file someplace." He added he has the distinction of being the oldest officer in a paid PhD program in the whole Air Force. Kirk was a widower, but is now married with a two-year old son. Enjoy Cannery Row and the Aquarium.

Rocky Mountain high. Peggy (DENNIS) (Bob) CARNAHAN sent a picture from Lake Louise, Alberta. I don't know how much the editor has to chop to fit, but the view looks great from 7,500 feet. Peggy's still an ops officer in T-37s and loving it, but once in a while she does "complain about baby-sitting captains; what a difference a few years, two pay grades and a short memory make!" Bob must be low man on the totem pole at World Airways as he's gone on holidays. she said they're renting a big house near Randolph -- sounds like a place to stop on a road trip!

From Hurricane Alley, Bob YOUNG blasted one my way. He's a Reserve HH-60G driver after 11 years in T-38s ("CLUMbus" AFB) and H-3s (Myrtle Beach/Kadena). They were at Homestead, but the winds of Andrew blew his unit to Patrick. Bill HARPER is a full-time ART in the same unit, and a lot of other grads have migrated there as well. In his spare time, Bob flies for AA and hangs his hat in Dallas, just around the corner from fellow AAer Tom MITCHELL.

Welcome Aboard! The AOG included a letter from Ray BIVENS, asking for membership info. If one of you got to him, keep up the good work. Ray lives in Maryland and is "still flying the friendly skies of United. Several '80 grads are also here exploring the benefits of employee ownership. I frequently run into Donny STEPHENS, Dave ALEXANDER, and Hawk SADLOWSKI. Not quite the excitement F-111s or F-117s provided, but not the B.S. either. I frequently fly out of Denver and Colorado Springs and around holiday times we see a bunch of homesick smacks and upperclassmen on their way home and back. Man! Was it really that long ago? They look so young."

Happy Campers. Jim and Shelly EASLER take every chance they can to go camping as a family of six around Texas and Colorado. Jim's still in TI's defense area; Shelly started back as a speech pathologist. With only one broken bone and one set of stitches, they consider this a good year. A teenager behind the wheel has been ... exciting. They bought some land on a lake in Pennsylvania. I think the promise of"no more snow, unlimited dog-sitting, in-house mechanic and no more mowing lawns" just might do it.

George and Nadine MADSON are also happy campers, but for a different set of reasons: George is back at Offutt in the flying game (E-4B), they get "home" to Wisconsin more often, and Lindsay and Kyle -- despite being in the awkward years -- took the move well. The picture doesn't show it, but they're all in Green Bay Packer shirts.

Busy. (I know, who isn't, but just reading these letters makes me tired!) First, the Dave (Cindy, plus five) PRAHSTs were busy hitting the parks near their Pittsburgh home in the 25-year-old camper, visiting relatives on both coasts, getting warm in Florida, home-schooling three of the kids, piano lessons, Bible quiz tournaments, and more. Dave is an elder in his church, still with US Airways and the Guard.

Then, the Carrie (BANWELL) (Brian, '79) KOECHELs has a double job change, left Ohio for Seattle, ran the two young adults to USAFA for sports camps, and managed schedules around tons of extracurricular activity clubs/plays/sports -- including Navy(?) Jr. ROTC. Both parents are still very involved with the LO program as well. Carrie had a couple of medical scares, including a minor stroke, which left her blind in one eye and numb in her hands for a short while.

Finally, the Chuck (Net, plus four) MILLIGANs made the glad move from Korea "back to the land of the big BX ... and Target, Mervyn's, WalMart, Supercuts, Pizza Hut ... well, you get the idea!" They played nomads in Houston and the Springs before settling down on base at the Zoo (for the third time). So, between moves, searching for their ferrets, learning about makeup, TAG classes, their oldest modeling in Seoul, "Cool Spot" and "Turtlenator" the turtles, T-ball, college for Net, cadet rugby, and church activities -- who has time for work! I think my initial word, "busy," was on the mark.

REACH OUT VIII. My spies were doing their job this time around: Trey (Carolyn) STACKMAN was "found" by Tom SLOAN. Seems Tom laid a copy of our class page on Trey's box at US Airways, which prompted him to write. I didn't hear if it included an AOG update page or an application to join -- but I hope so. Trey's other job is flying F-16s with the NYANG. He says, "Maybe I'm lost because of my name. The worst mistake I made when entering Prep School in 1975 was deciding I would go by my real name (George) instead of the nickname I've had for life, Trey. I still don't know wy I did -- maybe I thought Lt. Dan or Douglas C. Neidimeyer would jump all over me if I said I was Trey. Aside from driving "10,000 miles a year to Little League games" (two boys) and skiing Colorado whenever possible, he looks forward to retiring from the blue suit one year before most of us ("yes, the Prep School counts").

"No idea I was MIA!" -- "Stormin" Norman (Jackie) SWEET tells us from Hanscom AFB. He's been there since ACSC in '94 and works as a chief in the Special Projects Office. He ran through his vital statistics (name, wife, sons, etc.) and the last line was "Attitude: still excellent." He noted active duty numbers are dwindling, based on contact he's made from Hanscom -- but I expect interaction will pick up a bit if Stormin gets back to the Springs this summer, as he hopes. He promised an update "more than every other half decade or so."

New Names. Please help me get the latest on: Matt SEITZ, Mark SEIBEL, Brian K. SEGGERTY, Tim R. SEELEY, Al SEARS, and Sean SCULLY.

WRAP UP. According to AF Times, the following were on the O-6 list. I figure Full Bull is worthy of a little space: Bob ALLARDICE, Janet (LIBBY) BLOOM, Chris MILLER, Scott NORWOOD, Box SAXER, and Paul SELVA. Congrats.

Thanks for all your inputs. Cheers.

Don Myers
AOG members: 40 percent