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| Larry Banda: | ||
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Current Status: |
FOUND |
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Tour of Duty: |
1990 - 1993 |
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SCN Administration |
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Went to Fort Bliss Texas |
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| Sarah Barenz: | ||
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Current Status: |
FOUND |
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Tour of Duty: |
June 1994 - 1997 |
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News Anchor, ops Dir, radio DJ |
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worked in News as an anchor, Studio Ops as a director, and in Radio as a DJ |
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Went to Ft. Lewis Washington |
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{sbarenz |
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| Rob Barrett: | ||
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Current Status: |
FOUND |
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Tour of Duty: |
1990 - 1994 |
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| Designation: |
Master Control and Traffic & Continuity |
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Rob invented the character “butthead” way before MTV did. |
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Rob got out of the active military and joined the reserves in Michigan while working his way through school He came back to Panama and did some summer work with the Theater Support Element on Corozal. Later he went through the first 25R course at Ft. Meade Maryland after the school moved there. |
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Most recent info: |
He got married |
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Presently living in Michigan |
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{RBarrett |
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| SSG David Barrette: | ||
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Current Status: |
FOUND |
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Tour of Duty: |
1990 - 1993 |
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Radio, News & CI |
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Dave worked in Radio hosting the morning show, afternoon show, Canal Country, and the Rock Block anchored the TV newscasts and served as a reporter. He also wrote and helped produce the last year of SCN's "Just for Kids Program." |
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David PCS’ed in 1993 for a position in radio at that AFRTS Newscenter in Washington, D.C. He retired on a
medical discharge Dec. 1997, worked for the government for a brief
time and then retired permanently in 2002. |
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He now lives near Strasburg, VA near the George Washington National Forest, the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah River. He’s also found a new niche as a landscape artist. The tourists will buy just about anything. |
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Strasburg, VA |
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{DaBarre |
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| Jeanine Battise: | ||
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
1988 - 1990 |
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| Designation: |
News and Radio |
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Duties: |
Worked in news and radio. |
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Trivia: |
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Married to Mike Battise |
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| Mike Battise: | ||
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No photo available
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
1988 - 1990 |
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| Designation: |
News, Videographer |
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Duties: |
Mike was a videographer who worked in both news and CI. He shot a lot of the footage after “Operation Just Cause” when SCN was allowed to tag along with the media press pool and visit some of the different places where Noriega forces had been |
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Married to Jeanine Battise |
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| SFC Charles Beatty: | ||
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
1988 - 1990 |
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Master Control, NCOIC Broadcast Ops |
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Beatty was in charge of Master Control and later worked as the NCOIC of Broadcast operations. |
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Retired |
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| J.C. Benevides: | ||
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Current Status: |
FOUND |
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Tour of Duty: |
1995 - 1999 |
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Weather |
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J.C. was one of our weather guys who started out with Gary Hall and just got better and better. |
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A body builder and licensed pilot |
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J.C.
is probably best remembered for his famous line when Matt Hartke
asked him, “How hot is it out there today J.C.?” To which J.C.
replied, “Well Matt, It’s pretty damn hot out there today!” |
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J.C was last known to be doing weather for AFN |
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AFN Germany |
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Last known EM: |
{jcpump |
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| Noah Berg: | ||
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No photo available
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
1992 - 1994 |
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Master Control, Studio Ops. News & radio |
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Noah
came in on his own time and volunteered to learn to direct
newscasts. He turned out to be a pretty good director. However, he
was needed in News and Radio and that’s where he ended up spending
the last part of his career at SCN. |
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| John Bernhartsen: | ||
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No photo available
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
1992 - 1994 |
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Master Control, Radio, Traffic & continuity |
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| SFC Ivan Blanco: | ||
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No photo available
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
Jan 1994 - Dec 1997 |
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| Designation: |
NCOIC Master Control & Broadcast Ops |
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Duties: |
“Mr. Fit Tip” SFC Blanco was probably one of the most misunderstood NCO’s at SCN. He always battled for the 25V soldiers who worked for him. He worked as the NCOIC of Master Control and as the NCOIC of Broadcast Operations. |
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He went on to the Pentagon and has retired
from the military. |
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unknown but he is certain to be near a gym. |
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| Walter J. Bristow: | ||
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Current Status: |
FOUND |
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Tour of Duty: |
17 Jan 1994 - 17 Dec 1997 |
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Master control, News, T&C programmer |
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Walt worked in Master Control, the News department and in Traffic and Continuity as a programmer. |
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He was an avid golfer and a very good softball player who also coached on the underachieving SCN softball team. |
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Many knew his wife Kim and their daughter Shannon. After leaving SCN Walt went on to Ft Sam Houston in San Antonio Texas. |
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Walt may have headed to Korea in January of 2000. |
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Last known EM: |
{wbputter |
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| Lt Col Michael J. Brooks: | ||
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Current Status: |
FOUND |
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Tour of Duty: |
Jun '95 - Jun '98 |
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| Designation: |
SCN Executive officer and Air Force det commander |
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DINFOS/DIS Chief, Course and Faculty Development Office |
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Possibly Ft Meade, MD |
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Last known EM: |
{BrooksM |
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| Gladstone Brown: | ||
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No photo available
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
June 1994 - Jan 1996 |
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| Designation: |
Master Control |
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| Kevin "Biff" Brown: | ||
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
1993 - 1995 |
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| Designation: |
Engineering |
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| SGM Gerald Bryza: | ||
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No photo available
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Current Status: |
FOUND |
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Tour of Duty: |
1987 - 1991 |
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| Designation: |
NCOIC Engineering |
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His wife, Edie, helped to feed the troops during Operation Just Cause. |
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| Biographic Details: |
Retired
as SGM.
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Most recent info: |
Working for Rogers State University (website note: Probably refers to Oral Rober | |
