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Hey all!
No, this has NOTHING to do with the academy.
Well, okay, maybe JUST a little bit.
Today in Honolulu...one of the good guys won!
Colonel Joseph K. Kim, USAFA '82 (and my friend for a LONG time) was promoted in the Hawaii Air National Guard to the grade of Brigadier General.
I can't tell you how this has affected me. Joe was a year ahead of me at the Zoo...we flew/served together for many years, and in the past 7 years we've worked closely together. He is EVERYTHING that you could hope for a graduate of ANY institution; the fact he's an AFA grad is a bonus.
He's one of the VERY GOOD ones and if your "kids" have the opportunity to serve with him...they'll be VERY blessed!
So raise a toast to a fine officer!!!
And candidates...you could do MUCH worse than to emulate his career! Joe has always worked hard to be the best; he's NEVER been described as the "gifted" one...but is PROOF that hard work and dedication will WIN in the end!!!
Put a star on this man! http://www.154wg.ang.af.mil/resources/biographies/bio.asp?id=11662
Steve
USAFA ALO
USAFA '83
No, this has NOTHING to do with the academy.
Well, okay, maybe JUST a little bit.
Today in Honolulu...one of the good guys won!
Colonel Joseph K. Kim, USAFA '82 (and my friend for a LONG time) was promoted in the Hawaii Air National Guard to the grade of Brigadier General.
I can't tell you how this has affected me. Joe was a year ahead of me at the Zoo...we flew/served together for many years, and in the past 7 years we've worked closely together. He is EVERYTHING that you could hope for a graduate of ANY institution; the fact he's an AFA grad is a bonus.
He's one of the VERY GOOD ones and if your "kids" have the opportunity to serve with him...they'll be VERY blessed!
So raise a toast to a fine officer!!!
And candidates...you could do MUCH worse than to emulate his career! Joe has always worked hard to be the best; he's NEVER been described as the "gifted" one...but is PROOF that hard work and dedication will WIN in the end!!!
Put a star on this man! http://www.154wg.ang.af.mil/resources/biographies/bio.asp?id=11662
Steve
USAFA ALO
USAFA '83
