A1C Isa Kocher

A1C Isa Kocher

Dates of Service: Nov 1962 - ?
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anthropologist, linguist, educator, writer, photographer, counselor, artist, ex-pat in the Middle East. Turkey, Oman, Palestine, KSA, Kuwait since 1986, Fulbright Fellow 1987-1988 Turkey. before college: farm/ranch hand and family hotel, upstate NY (and OK): carpentry, house painting, combine operator, truck driver, horse breeding social entrepreneur: homeless anthopologist, applied linguist, educator, counselor, editor, writer. Fulbright Fellow journalist/photographer, football (soccer) referee 1 yr in Brazil 1957. since 1986, living in Turkey 22 yrs, Arab Gulf 2 yr (Kuwait, KSA, Bahrain, UAE), Oman 8 yr, Palestine 1 yr.

Military Experiences

Sep 1963 - Mar 1965
Weather Observer
AFSC 25251
Mar 1963 - Sep 1963
weather observor trainee
training program leading ASFC 25231 march to class study hard march back to the barracks and clean the latrine
Nov 1962 - Mar 1963
Basic Trainee
after basic -worked as a secretary office clerk and waited for several months to start at officer training school as a navigator, but the school suddenly was closed by congress, and without a college degree got sent to weather

Military Credentials

Professional Development Schools

Mar 1963 - Sep 1963

Chanute Technical Training Center, Chanute AFB

Certifications

1963

AFSC 25251

Foreign Language Skills

Latin

German

Security Clearance
None / Expired

Academic Degrees

Academic Degrees

1996

Kuwait University

Job/Skill Training, Applied Linguistics Curriculum Design

1986 - 1988

CUNY Hunter University

Master's Degree, Applied Linguistics

1971 - 1974

Rutgers University

Master's Degree, Linguistic Anthropology

1969 - 1971

Temple University

Job/Skill Training, Anthropology/Psychology

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