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Air
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Here's the latest
on
John
C. Fernandez
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OCLt
John C. Fernandez |
John & Theresa
2007 |
| John was born in Havana, Cuba a score before Castro. A/2C came to OCS as a medic. Lt Fernandez stayed at Lackland as a BMTS tng officer after graduation. In '62, John went to Keesler to be schooled on the Atlas Missile. He then joined a missile crew at Warren AFB, WY. From there it was on to Vandenberg AFB to work in the Atlas warhead reentry system. Then, after SOS, he commanded DEW Line Radar site in the Aleutians. Capt Fernandez returned to Keesler for Staff Officer Crs and then to Homestead AFB with a TAC Control Sq. Maj Fernandez was then assigned to the Pentagon, office of the SecDEF and then to the Air Staff Social Actions Office. From DC, John went to Shaw AFB, NC as Wg Soc Actions Officer. He retired in '77, age 37, major w/3 AFCM and a BS degree from U. of Tampa (he roomed with Jerry Cox). Then John started a 2nd career in human resources mostly in the healthcare industry. He is currently Human Resources Dir for Mariners Hospital, Florida Keys. He married Teresa in '84. John has 4 children and three grandchildren. Youngest daughter, Chrissie, was diagnosed with bone cancer in 2001 -- "But thank God and modern medicine, she's in remission after ...very intense chemo, radiation...surgery," John writes. He remembers most: "The day we were commissioned. The most proud moment of my professional career." |