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Former Eglin commander prepares to celebrate 104th birthday
By KARI C. BARLOW
Florida Freedom Newspapers
FORT WALTON BEACH
— Retired Air Force Col.
Joe Stanley might be turning
104 on Saturday, but he
hasn’t lost his touch with
the ladies.
The longtime resident
at Westwood Retirement
Resort smiled at Yoly Ostertag,
the executive director,
as she walked into
the sunny atrium Tuesday
afternoon.
“You’re looking great,”
Ostertag said, bending over
to give Stanley a hug.
“So are you!” he answered
with a grin.
“See, he can be a flirt,”
Ostertag joked as she patted
Stanley’s shoulder and
adjusted the hearing aid in
his left ear.
Seated in his wheelchair
and wearing a brown jacket
and matching pants, Stanley
chatted with well-wishers
and reminisced about
his long life.
He had just one thing to
say about living to be 104:
“It’s too damn old!”
Born Jan. 28, 1908, Stanley
grew up in Memphis,
Tenn., and joined the Army
Air Corps in 1935. Six years
later, he was stunned along
with the rest of the country
to learn about the attack on
Pearl Harbor.
“I remember the day,”
he said. “I had been on a
cross-country flight and I
landed in Little Rock, Ark.,
to refuel and they told me
about the attack. I said it
just couldn’t be, but of
course it was.”
He commanded a squadron
of B-17s during World
War II.
“It was a wonderful
plane, a real nice plane,”
he said.
Stanley said the smartest
move he ever made was
marrying his wife, Betty.
“She was one of those
people who saw the joy and
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Tuskegee Airman laid
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Members of the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard deliver the casket of retired Lt. Col. Luke
Weathers Jr. to the burial site Jan. 20, at Arlington National Cemetery, in Virginia.
By Tech. Sgt.
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Defense Media Activity
ARLINGTON, Va.
— Family members,
friends and fellow service
members gathered Jan. 20
here to honor the life and
contributions of an original
Tuskegee Airmen.
Retired Lt. Col. Luke
Weathers, 90, a member of
the 302nd Fighter Squadron
during World War
II, received full military
honors including an F-16
Fighting Falcon flyover by
113th Wing, an Air National
Guard unit of Washington,
D.C. The ceremony coincided
with the release of
“Red Tails,” a full-length
feature film chronicling the
challenges and victories of
the Tuskegee Airmen.
“The Tuskegee Airmen
were dedicated heroes
who gave so much for this
country,” said Brig. Gen.
Jeffrey Johnson, the 113th
WG commander. “It is an
honor to perform a flyover
for this brave American.”
With World War II veterans
like the Tuskegee
Airmen entering their
90s, the numbers of these
living history makers are
dwindling.
During a time of racial
segregation in America,
the Tuskegee Airmen, the
U.S. Army Air Corps’ first
black fliers, proved they
were just as qualified as
their white counterparts to
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A U.S. Air Force Band
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“Along with serving
their country, they
changed America,” said
retired Chief Master Sgt.
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Area runners get ready for
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By ANGEL McCURDY
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DESTIN — Mary Valdez’s
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50-mile race along the beach
is the wind. Other than that,
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The 33-year-old is participating
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The 33-year-old fitness
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but for two days she goes
long distance to prepare for
the race.
“I’ll do 20 miles one day,
but I’ve only done 10 on the
beach,” she said. “Doing this
is much different than being
on a trail. It’s a lot harder because
it puts a lot of pressure
on your muscles.”
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has not decided if she wants
to wear tennis shoes or the
barefoot shoes, she has decided
that going barefoot is
not for her. The key, though,
to running on the beach is
finding the packed sand.
“I keep asking around,
but no one has told me what
the best shoe to wear it, I’ll
take suggestions though,”
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During the race, Valdez
keeps a bandana wrapped
around her wrist to wipe off
sweat and carries a protein
shake to keep her energized.
She expects the run will take
her about 10.5 hours.
Valdez is no stranger to
long distance runs, she has
previously done a 50-mile
trail run and completed a
100-mile run in 30 hours,
which she said was a little
slower than she’d like but
she was keeping pace with
her sister.
“I started doing this just
for weight loss and it just
snowballed into what it is
now,” she said. “I like the ultra
runs because it’s much
more laid back. Everyone is
friendly and we’re all doing it
for the same cause.”
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“They made it easier for
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into the military and have
opportunities.”
Weathers, a P-51 Mustang
and P-39 Airacobra pilot,
shot down two German
planes in November 1944
and was awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross for
his actions. Later, in 2007,
he and 300 original Tuskegee
Airmen were presented
with the Congressional
Gold Medal. It is one of
the highest awards in the
United States.
“He was a part of the
Tuskegee experience,”
Patterson said of Weathers.
“He went to the
combat zone in World War
II when there were no examples
for blacks to look
up to. These gentlemen set
the bar high and gave society
someone to look up to.”
Along with his legacy,
Weathers leaves behind
his children, grandchildren,
great-grandchildren,
a host of family members
and friends, and
his wife, Jacqueline
Moore-Weathers.
Moore-Weathers said
her husband continued to
encourage Airmen to reap
all the benefits the military
has to offer and fulfill their
goals.
“He was very proud of
being a part of the (Tuskegee
Airmen),” she said.
“He was very proud of the
accomplishments they
were able to make. After
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life trying to create and
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only 2,700 veterans from an
eligibility pool of 77,000 have
applied to have their ratings
reviewed. LoGrande called
the 3.5 percent response
rate “shockingly small.”
That is about to change,
thanks to Sen. Mark Udall,
D-Colo. At his urging, the
Department of Veterans
Affairs, coordinating closely
with the PDBR, will begin
mailing information packets
this month on the PDBR to
every qualified veteran with
a current home address on
file at VA.
The first batch of letters
about the PDBR, including
an application form, will be
mailed to 15,031 veterans,
all of them medically separated
in 2001 (post-9/11),
2002 or 2003. The next batch
of 20,000 will go out by late
April to eligible vets separated
in 2004 and 2005. A
July mailing of 16,500 will
target the years 2006 and
2007. Finally, an October
mailing to 13,200 will reach
out vets separated in 2008
and 2009.
But eligible veterans
don’t have to wait for the
letter. They can apply now
to have their ratings reviewed.
All the information
they need already is available
online at: www.health.
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No rating can be downgraded,
but a lot is at stake
for those seeking an upgrade.
A rating below 30
percent resulted, at most,
in a severance payment.
A bump to 30 percent or
higher changes a veteran’s
status to disabled “retiree.”
That means a lifetime annuity,
access to military health
care for the retiree and
dependents, discount shopping
on base and more.
They also will get annuity
back pay to the date of
their original disability evaluation
board decision, less
an amount that must be
recouped equal to the value
of severance pay provided
at time of discharge.
Advocates for veterans
given low ratings since 9/11
had pushed for a direct
mailing. LoGrande also
did as early as two years
ago. Looking back, he said,
the PDBR probably wasn’t
ready for the response now
ahead.
“We neither had the
resources nor the manpower
at the time to do it.
And frankly, I don’t think
everyone was ready for us
to do that. Let’s just put it
that way,” he said, alluding
to resistance from on high
to a direct mailing immediately
after the PDBR began
operating.
Last summer, Udall’s
staff requested a briefing
on the PDBR and
the response rate from
veterans. LoGrande said
that, to date, outreach efforts
had focused on state
directors of veterans’ affairs
in California, Colorado,
Texas, Florida and Georgia,
where more than half of
the pool of eligible vets live.
Udall decided that wasn’t
good enough.
The senator wrote to
VA Secretary Eric Shinseki
that the population that
needed to be told about the
PDRB was all veterans “no
longer serving.” He asked
for VA’s help in a direct
mailing.
Shinseki responded in
October, asking Allison A.
Hickey, his under secretary
for benefits, to meet with
LoGrande to begin working
out details.
Udall this week
praised the interagency
cooperation.
“Now that the VA and
the PDBR have combined
forces, we are a step closer
to ensuring that disability
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made for our country,” he
said.
LoGrande said responses
to the first mailing will
tell the PDBR how it needs
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LoGrande knows he’ll need
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PDBR already has a
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set in current regulations.
The board expects to
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military services to provide
more active or reserve
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PDBR case reviews and
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Of the mass mailing,
LoGrande said, it simply is
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of the work ahead
or cost to the government.
“If that veteran were my
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featuring opera singer Katie
Saunders, on Jan. 29 at
7 p.m. benefiting Children
in Crisis.
The concert will be
held at the Village Baptist
Church in Destin and all
proceeds will help feed,
clothe and care for the foster
children living at the
CIC Children’s Neighborhood.
Each year about
100 foster children have a
safe, secure home thanks
to the great support of the
community.
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The concert will include
music from Frank Sinatra,
Michael Buble, Phantom
of the Opera and a variety
of jazz hits. Seering has
received many accolades
throughout his career and
has performed for three
former presidents.
For information on Children
in Crisis or The Children’s
Neighborhood call
850-864-4242 or visit www.
childrenincrisisfl.org.
Open House to
showcase venues
An Open House to showcase
the wedding and event
venues available at the Air
Force Enlisted Village will
be held from 1 – 4 p.m. Sat.,
Feb. 11 at the Gates Welcome
Center at 92 Sunset
Lane in Shalimar.
Tours of the Dolores
Hope All Faiths Chapel will
February
4th & 5th
Pensacola
Fairgrounds
Sat 9 -5 Sun 10-4
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be available, and the Gates
Welcome Center and Bob
Hope Village Ballroom will
be transformed into reception
areas and available for
viewing.
Local wedding professionals
will be on hand to
display their services and
brides-to-be can visit with
floral and décor experts, caterers,
photographers, DJs,
limousine services and bakeries.
Drawings will be held
and refreshments will be
served.
The event is free and
open to the public. For information
or to RSVP, contact
Marisol Kingsbury at
850-651-3766 or by email at
horton@afev.us.
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