Mike Werner

I graduated from the City College of New York with a Liberal Arts Degree in 1973.

I joined the New Jersey Air National Guard at the age of 34 (almost too old) as an E3 (had a college degree). I wanted to serve my country before I got to old. Over my service carrier I was fortunate to have served in the Air Force National Guard, the Army National Guard and Army Reserves (you go where the service sends you).

My first duty assignment was with the 108th Fighter Wing at McGuire Air Force base in New Jersey (1895 to 1993).

The 108th Wing is a unit of the New Jersey Air National Guard, one of the many units stationed at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command.

Airman E 3

E 5 Staff Sargent

I applied for Officer Candidate school but wat told I was to old. I applied for Warrant Officer Training but the Air Force no longer had Warrant Officers. I therefore applied for Warrant Officer training in the Army and was accepted. I attended Warrant Officer Candidate School at Ft. Rucker, Alabama. I went from an E5 Sergeant to a Warrant Officer 1.

Army E 5 Sargent

I was activated during Operation Enduring Freedom and shipped overseas to serve in Uzbekistan from June to December 2003.

Kids in Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan Home away from Home

Uzbekstistan Post

Christmas Meal Uzbekistan

During my service in the military I served in a number of different units. I retired in 2011 as a CWO 4:

77th Division Patch

99th Regional Readiness Command

42 Division - Army

Various pictures from my career:

Speaking before a Veterans Day crowd at Lower Makefield Twp, PA

Parade Duty Yardley, PA

With Mikai Gorbachev, former head of the Soviet Communist Party, at Katz's Deli, Lower eastside of NY

With President Bush at the NY National Guard Armory, NYC. (back of President Bush's head)

Senator Hillary Clinton at Ground Zero, World Trade Center NY amid the rubble with her Secret Service detail. (with the 311th Military Detachment, Fort Totten, NY) - Mike is on far left

I retired from the U.S. Postal Service after a 32-year career, most of it in management.

I performed military funeral honors for 10 years.

My wife, Joan, retired from the Katzenbach School for the Deaf, Ewing Twp, NJ. after 20+ years. We were married on August 11, 1974. I have two sons, Matthew and Jeff, and two grandchildren, Dyland and Quinn.

I retired from the Pennsbury (Pennsylvania) School District as a bus driver.

My 5 degrees include:

two Masters in Military History with an emphasis in the Civil War from American Military University

MA in Education from CCNY

BA in Liberal Arts from CCNY

AA in Liberal Arts from Bronx Community College.

Georgia is the 5th and final state I'm living in and I like it the best.

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