Dale A. Bray, (SP5, USA)

Drafted - January 1968 - June 1968 - Basic training at Fort Knox, TN, and Ft. Leonard Wood, MO.

June 3, 1968 - June 3, 1969 - Vietnam.  Served in a transportation company as a legal administrator for Headquarters (because I knew what a typewriter was and I had one year of college).  As a legal administrator I traveled all over lower South Vietnam taking testimony for Summary and Courts Martials.  I was promoted to SP5 during this tour.

June 3, 1969 - December, 1969, Assigned to Fort Dix, NJ a served as the G3 COL's driver.

Otis Howard Hodnett, Jr. (T/4, USA)

18 June 1945 to 22 November 1946

Proudly served during this period at Fort Knox, KY in the Armor Branch.

Chief Petty Officer Timothy W. Buris, USN

November 1986 to present - served in a variety of aviation electronics related assignments in Jacksonville, FL, NAS Lemore, CA, NAS Oceana, VA, and on the USS Forrestal (CV-59), the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), and the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75).  CPO Buris returned from service aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-65), and is now stationed at the Norfolk Navy Base.  CPO Buris is the HVPR's only active duty service member, and has recently assumed the time consuming duties as our HVPR President, as well as a new duty position in the Navy!  

We salute you, Chief ! 

COL Ivan "Rex" Frey (USAF, Ret)

1943 - AAFCTD                 1944 - AFFS Pilot Training

1950 - Weather Officer Course      1962 - Ground Maint Mgt Course

1968 - Air War College, COIN Indoc Crse, Adv Flight Trng C-7A,

Survival Trng Crse, & PACAF Jungle Survival School

Rex served at numerous duty stations throughout his career in several important positions.  He served over 9 years in foreign duty assignments, including a tour of duty in Vietnam.  He retired from Langley AFB in 1973.

MAJ Greg Diamontopulos (USAF, Ret)

1975 - VMI graduate, reported for Grand Central Intercept Off training (Mobile Radar Unit), Tyndall AFB, FL.

1975 – 609^th Tact Cntrl. Sqdrn (TCS), Cannon AFB, NM (Wpns Cntrllr).

1976 – 609^th TCS moved to Hessich-Oldendorf AS, West Germany (Air Surveillance Officer, Weapons Assignment Officer, & Senior Dir).

1979 – 451^st Flying Trng Sqdrn (FTS), Navigator Trng Mather AFB, CA.

1980 – 453^rd FTS, Electronic Warfare Off Training, Mather AFB, CA.

1981 -  416^th  Tact Fighter Sqdrn (TFS), AT-38B Fighter Lead-in Trng, Holloman AFB, NM.

1981 - 309^th TFS, F-4D Phantom II Rplmnt Trng Unit (RTU), Wpn Sys Off (WSO) Crse, Homestead AFB, FL.

1981 – 335^th TFS, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC (F-4E WSO).

1984 – 57^th Fighter Intrcpt Sqdrn, NAS Keflavik, Iceland (F-4E WSO).

1985 – 308^th TFS, F-4D Instructor WSO Crse, Homestead AFB, FL.

1986 – 21^st TFS, F-4E RTU, George AFB, CA (Instructor WSO).

1986 – 562^nd TFS, F-4G Wild Weasel (WW) Course, George AFB, CA.

1987 – 561^st TFS, George AFB, CA (F-4G WW EWO)

1989 – USAF Op Test & Eval Ctr OL-AS, AGM-88C Hi-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile Test Team, Edwards AFB, CA (Dir/Operations).

1992-1995 – HQ, ACC: Ch, AF Interop & C2 Mgmnt Prog Off'r, Langley AFB, VA

Melody Diamontopulos (Sgt, served 5 1/2 yrs)

1974 – Enlisted and reported for basic training at Lakeland AFB, TX.

1974 – Adv Computer School (Mobile Radar Unit), Keesler AFB, MS

1974 – Computer Tech, 44^th Tac. Ctl. Sqdrn (TCS), Macdill AFB, FL

1976 – Computer Tech, 609^th TCS Hessich-Oldendorf AS, W. Germany, where she met "husband-to-be" Greg.

Dr. Price volunteered for active duty in the U.S. Air Force in 1959 after being deferred from the "draft" between 1952 and 1957.  He feels that his service in the USAF was one of the most significantly important and highly rewarding periods of his entire life.

David Westenberger

Mr. Westenberger served in the Marine Corp from 1960 to 1964.   He attended the Officers Candidate School, taking the Platoon Leaders Class, as well as Air Traffic Control Tower/Radar/GCA instruction.  He then went on to serve with the 1st Marine Brigade - MATCU 62/3, in Kanehoe Bay, Hawaii.

                  No USCG members