VETERANS: NRCS – INDIANA 2009

 

Stephen Ball, Cultural Resource Specialist - SO

·          USAF 1978-1982

·          Sergeant 31st Civil Engineers

·          TAC Homestead AFB, Florida

 
Stephen M. Baldwin, Contracting Officer - SO

·          1989-1998 - Specialist, Administrative Specialist, 3/139 Field Artillery, Indiana Army National Guard

·          1999-2004 - Staff Sergeant, Accounting Liaison Technician, 181st Fighter Wing, Indiana Air National Guard

·          2004 - Present - Technical Sergeant, Contract Specialist, 181st Fighter Wing, Indiana Air National Guard

 

Justin Bender, Soil Scientist - Plymouth IN

·          2001-2007 Staff Sergeant, US Air Force; Fire Department, 122nd Fighter Wing, Fort Wayne Indiana Air National Guard

·          2006 service in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Ali Air Force Base, Al-Nasiriyah, Iraq

·          2002 Military Firefighter Academy, Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo TX

·          2001 Air Force Basic Training, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio TX

 

Tony Branam, District Conservationist – Franklin FO

·          2003 Retired, Master Sergeant, Indiana Army National Guard

·          2001 Combat Air Assault Course, Camp Atterbury, IN

·          1999-2003, 2/150 Field Artillery, Battalion Intelligence Sergeant, Indiana Army National Guard

·          1994-1999, 38 Division Artillery, Fire Direction Specialist, Indiana Army National Guard

·          1987-1994, 2/150 Field Artillery, Battalion Fire Direction Chief, Indiana Army National Guard

·          1985-1986, 6/37 Field Artillery, Fire Direction Specialist, U.S. Army, Uijongbu, South Korea

·          1982-1985, 1/84, Field Artillery, Fire Direction Specialist, U.S. Army, Fort Lewis, WA

·          1982 & 1997, Basic & Advanced training, U.S. Army, Fort Sill, OK

 

Jeff L Cannaday, Agricultural Engineer – NW Area Office

·          06/1989-06/1990, US Marine Corps Delayed Entry Program

·          06/26/1990, Marine Corps Boot Camp, San Diego, CA

·          09/1990, Lance Corporal, Marine Combat Training, Camp Pendleton, CA

·          10/1990, Lance Corporal, School of Infantry, Camp Pendleton, CA

·          12/1990, Combat Replacement Company, Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, NC

·          01/1991 – 04/1991, Lance Corporal, 2nd Light Armored Infantry Battalion, Operation Desert Storm, Saudi Arabia/ Kuwait

·          04/1991-05/1994, Corporal, 2nd Light Armored Infantry Battalion, Scout Team Leader, Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, NC,  2 - Mediterranean Sea Deployments aboard the USS Tortuga and the USS Shreveport

·          05/1994 – 06/25/1996. Sergeant, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 29, Operations and Training NCO, New River Air Station, Jacksonville, NC

 

Bennie Clark, Jr., Soil Scientist, SDQS MO staff – SO

·          US Marine Corps Service: 3 years, 1 month, 22 days

·          LT of Marines

·          Marines Officer Basic School: Mar - Sep 1970

·          Field Artillery Officer Basic School: Oct 1970 - Feb 1971

·          FDO, 1st 175 Gun Btry, 2nd FAG, Force Troops, FMFlant: Mar 1971 -  Mar 1972

·          XO, C Co. 8th MT Bn, Force Troops, FMFlant: Mar - May 1972

·          Commander, C Co. 8th MT Bn, Force Troops, FMFlant: May 1972 - Mar 1973

·          Iowa Army National Guard Service: 19 years, 6 mos, 9 days

·          FO B Btry, 1/194th FA Bn, 2nd Bde, 34th Inf Div: Feb 1974 - Jan 1975

·          LnO, 1/194th FA Bn, 2nd Bde, 34th Inf Div: Jan 1975 - Apr 1975

·          LnO, 1/185th FA Bn, Hawkeye Bde, IA ARNG: Apr 1975 - Nov 1979

·          Base Defense TM Ldr, 34th RAOC, IA ARNG: Nov 1979 - May 1984

·          COMET Tm Ldr, HQ STARC, IA ARNG: May 1984 - Mar 1989

·          MAIT Tm Ldr, HQ STARC, IA ARNG: Mar 1989 - Aug 1993

·          RETIRED February 2007: MAJOR

 

N. Fay Earnhart, Soil Conservationist -  Albion CIT

·          U.S. Army

·          Drafted: Sept. 2, 1969

·          Basic Training: Ft. Knox, Kentucky

·          AIT: Ft. Lee, Virginia, 76Y30 Supply Records and Armorer, Honor Graduate

·          Active duty in Germany 

·          Honorable Discharge, July 30, 1971, Specialist E-5

 

Susan Grivas, Soil Conservationist – Greencastle CIT

·          US Navy - AC2 1981 – 1986

 
William C. Lee , CIT Leader – Princeton CIT

·          USNR - 1990 - 1998

·          Seabees EA 2/E-5

·          Detachment Career Counselor

 

Joe Pearman Civil Engineering Technician - Lebanon CIT

·          US Army 1965-1967 3rd Armor Division, Germany

 
Jerry Perkins, Grazing Specialist - NE Area Office

·          USAF 1962-1965

·          1962-1964 – Hamilton AFB-Chief of Security and Intelligence 28th Air Division

·          1964-1965 - Clear, Alaska – Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Security and Intelligence Officer

 
Bill Venable, Soil Conservationist-Lebanon CIT

·          US Navy  2-72 to 2-76

·          Basic Training  - Orlando, FL

·          Radio School -  Bainbridge, MD

·          8-72 to 8-73 -  Naval Air Station  Keflavik, Iceland

·          8-73 to 2-76 – USS L Y Spear, Norfolk, VA

·          Left Navy as E-5  Radioman Second Class

 

Gail Voiles, Accounting Technician – SO

·          US Army 1975-1978

            Basic training at Fort McClellan, AL

            AIT - 73C: Finance Specialist at Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN

            Stationed Fort Knox, KY

·          US Air Force 1980-1992

            1980-1984:  Financial Services - Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

            1984-1990:  Financial Services Instructor - 3750 Technical Training Group, Sheppard AFB, TX

            1990-1992:  NCOIC Paying & Collecting –  18th Comptroller Squadron, Kadena AB, Okinawa

 
Gary Warring, Area Program Specialist – NW Area Office

·          US Army 1972-1975 Military Police Dog Handler

·          1972 Fort Knox, KY Basic Training

·          1972 Fort Gordon, GA Military Police Training

·          1972 Lackland Air Force Base TX, Dog handler training

·          Vietnam service 1972-1973;  716th Military Police Battalion, station at Saigon, (now called Ho Chi Minh City for the younger generation)

·          Fort Polk, Louisiana 1973-1975;  258th and the 551st Military police Battalion

 

 

 

*The above listing is on a voluntary basis and may not include all IN NRCS Veterans