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Former rural Oklahoma newspaper reporter/photographer, back to school and earned BSN from OU. Enlisted personnel (Sp4) Oklahoma Army National Guard during college. Officer basic after graduation, med/surge at LAMC and RACH. Oncology Unit charge nurse in NW Arkansas, home health case manager in SW Missouri, and Utilization Review for behavioral health NW Georgia, and adult/children specialist.
Born Seminole, Oklahoma 8-22-55. Married 5-24-1975. Widowed 9-2-2007. One older brother, USAF, 100% disabled), dad, WW II US Navy enlisted, fireman on USS Colorado. Uncle JT Lowery WW II Merchant Marine. Grandfather Frank L. Gibbs WW I 'doughboy' US Army.
Raised on 40 acre hay farm, graduate Wewoka high school, Seminole Junior College, and University of Oklahoma College of Nursing. Enlisted Oklahoma Army Guard. One daughter, one granddaughter.
Military Experiences
Jul 1990 - Oct 1992
Staff Nurse
Uneventful. Older, non-athlete O-1 on Fat Guy program and extra PT, still failed all 6 PT tests. I don't think I wasted Army time though and was an adequate new nurse for the officers, soldiers, dependants, and MEDDACs.
Deployments
(1 month)Jul 1989
Guatemala
15 days with OKARANG unit 245 MEd Co (CLR) on the veterinary team to Xepatan with Col. Baumwart, 1SG Baker, Ssgt Davis, Sgt Loper, helicoptering in and out of the mountains from underutilized base outside Guatemala City. Visited Antigua, also. Bandits/communists in the hills around us. Issued three magazines of ammo and a .45 for my hip.
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Shooting (Sport)
Travel
Woodworking
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