Michelle Obama meets with military spouses

Posted by Max on August 8th, 2008

By Karen Jowers - Staff writer

Posted : Thursday Aug 7, 2008 12:35:20 EDT

NORFOLK, Va. — When Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, held a roundtable with military spouses and retirees here on Wednesday, she got an earful — and said that if her husband is elected, he has a plan to help them.

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Eddie Rembert; MSgt, Southeast Asia
Larry Wakefield; Sgt, L3/9, L3/5, Vietnam
Douglas Shepherd; E6, USS Midway CV-41, Yokosuka Japan
Matthew Towle; SPC, 2nd ACR, Ft Polk LA
Matthew; Swanson; Cpl, 3/7 India Co, Iraq
Andrew DuMont; Cpl, P Battery 5/14 4th MarDiv
Charles Gluck; FTG1/SS, SSBN616, Groton CT
Bruce Carlton; E4, A Co 1st Avn Bn 1st ID, Phu Loi Vietnam
Michael Barber; E5, USS O’Bannon DD-987, Mayport FL
Mary Slattery; PN2
Genevieve Wimp-McCann; Sgt, USAF Security Service, Tuslog Det 5, CA, TX, Turkey
Willis Arrington; E4, 701st Support, Ft Riley, Desert Storm
James Prout; SM3, Communication, USS Shangri-la CVA 38
Patrick Navin; E5, USS NIMITZ CVN-68
Larry Jones; E3, 2nd LAAM Bn, MCAS Yuma
Robert Glotzer; E5, STRATCOM, CONUS
Joseph P. Smith; E5, USS Zellars, USS Fiske
Raymond Wornica; MSG, DoD, Vietnam
Rodney O’Neal; E4, 127th Sig Bn 7th ID Light, Ft Ord CA
Robert Schumacher; ET1, USS Tucson, USS Cheyenne, USS Olympia, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor HI, WestPac, Persian Gulf, Norfolk VA
Dr Robert Campbell; PFC, 91st MP Detachment, AL, Germany
Christopher Franklin; E2, 1/38 Inf, Ft Benning GA
Robert Fitzgerald; RD2, USS Macon CA132, 6th Fleet
Stephen Schweitzer; FTM2, USS Ramsey DEG2, Vietnam
Stephen Garcia; Sp4, 570th MP Co, Ft Ord CA, Ft Carson CO
Elora Kindred; E5, WA, Sicily, TX
Dolores Peers
Ken Swart; SK4, USS Marvin Shields, Vietnam
Victor Sanders; Sp4, 71st Trans Bn, Long Binh Vietnam
Mike Woods; Sgt, 4th ID, Kuwait-Iraq OIF
Heath Hallman; E4, 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB
Donna Hooker; E5, Dentac, Landstuhl, Ft Hood, Ft Sill
Dan Ely; E4, 504th PIR, 83rd Abn Div, Ft Bragg
Jerry Whitfield; PH 1, Combat Camera, Vietnam
Paul Pintarich; HM2, 1st Marine Bgd, HI
Jason Arbogast; Sgt, 267th MP, 800th MP, Iraq
John Bartolomei; E3, 2/5th Field Artillery, Germany
James Culhane; E5, 171st Air Med, US
Michael Moulds; E4, 6th Arial Port Sq, Ubon Thailand
Christopher Coppus; Cpt, Medical, Army Nurse Core, USA
Linwood Henderson; Sgt, 3/1 Kilo CO, Vietnam
John Coble; CMSgt, Strategic Air Command, Worldwide
Josh Birch; Spc, 4th ID, Iraq, Korea, Ft Hood
Alma Ramsey; Sgt, 527th MI Bn, HQ Dept of Army, Augsburg Germany, Pentagon Wash DC
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Donna Roddy; Sgt, VMAAW224, US, Philippines, Japan, Norway
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Warren Carpenter; SSgt, 5th Spec Forces Gp, Vietnam
Carol Williams; E4, Fleet Hosp 15, Desert Storm
Sharon Musgrave; E3 Radio and Radar Operator, USS Somers DDG 34, Vietnam
John Holmes; HM3, USNRTC Camden NJ, USNH Great Lakes, USNH Philadelphia
Bruce Langman; SSG/E6, 509th RR Gp, 8th Field Sta, Phu Bai Vietnam
Phil Morris; Cpt, 621st Tactical Control Sqd, Thailand, Vietnam
Bruce Osborne; Lance Cpl, 1st AAA, 29 Palms CA
Gerry Mitchell; Senior Master Sergeant, 1st Spec Operations Wing, AZ, CA, UT, Panama, FL
Ronald Olson; A1C, Hq USAFE, Germany, FL
Richard Yates; SP4, 3rd Armored Division, 503rd AG, Germany
William Adams; E-3, 3rd Bn 10th Marines, Camp Lejuene, Western Europe
Dale Bryant; Sgt/E5, 166th MI Bn, Vint Hills Farm VA
Fred M Jones; Cpt, 1st Cav Div, Vietnam
Richard McGinnis; E5, Vietnam, Lebanon
Tom Hewitt; MSG, 25th, 82nd, USSASI, various locations
Tim Ervin; Sp-4, 11th Trans Bn, Desert Storm
Christopher Avery; 223rd, Arkansas
Alan Hayes; E4, 814th CDS
Joseph Peeler; Sp-4, Med Corp, Ft Ord, Eustis, Sam Houston
Frank Chargois Jr, Sgt, 44th Sig Bn Long Binh, Vietnam
Beth Larae; THT, 1-23 Inf Stryker Bn 2nd ID, Baghdad, IZ
Alan Hayner; Sgt E5, 2/501 101st Abn, Vietnam
John Cerasuolo; E4/Cpl, MASS-6, South Weymouth Naval Air Station
Lee Coddens; Cpl, 2/3, 2/7
Jerry French; Cpt, 1st Cav Div, Vietnam
Bob Roskovics; E5, 11th Armored Cav, Vietnam
John McBride; Cpl/1st Lt, 75th Inf Dive, Easy Co 7th Cav, Europe in WWII, Korean War
Terry Joseph; Spec 5th Class, Veterinary Corp, Giessen Germany
Henry Ickes; Sp4, 68th Sig Bn, Germany
David Brodsky; Avn Cadet, US Army Air Corps, US
Nicole Green; Cpt
Evan Thee; O-3, COMFAIRKEF, Iceland/COMSEVENTHFLT, Japan
Alan Gjedsted; E4, 1st Marines, Vietnam
Dan Rolfe; E-6/TSgt, 18 TFW, 92 Bomb Wing, Kadena AB Okinawa Japan, Fairchild AFB WA
Craig Lemcke; E-4, 3/68 AR, Ft Carson CO
Tony Galindo; CSM, I Corps, 1st Air Cav, USARJ, Korea, Vietnam, Japan
Steve Anderson; LCDR, Navy Nurse Corps, US, Norway
Howard Gintell; SP5, 25th MI Detachment, Vietnam
Richard Fairfield; Spec 4, Security Agency, Philippines
Tim Holmen; Maj, various units, Wright-Patterson AFB, Thule Greenland, Andrews AFB, JUSMMAT-Ankara, Turkey
Richard Gaines; Phm3/c, 112th NCB, Pacific Theater Tinian Marianas, Okinawa
Dan Robinson; Lt Col, NORAD, ASD/AFSC, ALASKA CMD, DOD, CONUS, Rep of the Philippines, AK
Joseph Hennessy; 1st Lt, 332 AEW, Iraq
Harold Rabinowitz; Lance Cpl, 2nd Recon Bn, 2nd Div
David Wooler; E4, 101st Abn Div, 10th Spec Forces Gp, Ft Campbell KY, Ft Devens MA
Robert Bauer; 2nd Lt, 163rd Armored Cav, Bryan TX
Anthony Lincoln; SP 5, 210th Combat Avn Bn, Vietnam
Ernest Holz; Lt, USS Bennington, Vietnam
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Joshua Brenner; E4, USS Hawes FFG53, Mediterranean, Persian Gulf
Rich Cower
Frank Santoro; Cpt, 304th Sig Bn, Korea
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Walter Stone; E5, FMFWESPAC HDQ, Vietnam
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Daniel Barnett; ET1, Reactor Controls, CVN-73
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Chad Elliott; E5, Transportation, Iraq
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Eugene Uptegraph; Lt Col, 50 FTS, Columbus AFB
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Arthur Edwards; LCDR
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Dave Beachley; Sgt, 522nd CEWI Bn, 2nd AD, Ft Hood TX
Chuck Kropp; E-4, 32nd Inf, 7th ID, Korea
Alan Miner; Sp-5, Signal Corps, Vietnam
Stephen Ames Berry; E4, Army Security Agency, Tokyo
Patrick Daniels; Sgt/E5
J. Rick Sepolen; E6, 25th ID, Vietnam
Douglas Englund; Col, 4th ID, Vietnam, Iraq
Leland Borland; E4, COMAIRPAC, Japan
Joseph Jaquay; Spec 5, 361st Signal Bn, Vietnam
Carl Jackson; E5, USS Ohio, SSBN-726-Blue, Pacific Sub Fleet
Carl Stellwag; E5, Vietnam, 123 Avn Bn, B Co
Joseph Ward; SFC, 78th Div NJ, 324th CSH FL, USA
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Michelle Matthews; SSgt, 206th MI Bn, Ft Dix, Ft Bragg, Ft Rucker, Ft Gordon, Honduras, Panama, Germany, Korea
Marcella Zito-Barrows; E5, USS Ajax, USS Holland
Bradley Christmas; Lt, USS Portland, Operation Desert Storm
Kenneth Williams; E6, USS McKee, Gulf War
Craig Seabrooks; various units, Weisbaden AB Germany, Ft Bragg, Schweinfurt Germany, Tuzla Bosnia
John Gradwohl; FC3, USS New Orleans, NSWSES, USS Belleau Wood, Desert Storm, Pacific Fleet, Port Hueneme
William Cassels; Cpl, Scout Dogs, Vietnam
Amanda Armitage; E5, USS Iwo Jima LHD-7, NAS Oceana, US Fleet Forces Command, USS Carl Vinson CVN-70, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Newport News
Jim Harris; Sgt, Phu Cat, Phan Rang, Vietnam
Price LaCroix; SMSN, USS NEREUS, Pacific Fleet
Paul Mallary; CT2, USNSG, Nicosia, Cyprus
Andrew Colon; SPC-E4, 1-101st Avn Reg, Ft Campbell KY
Donald Watkins; Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class, NAS Albany GA, NAVSUBMEDCEN New London CT
Joe Van Horn; Sgt E5, 101st Abn, Vietnam
Ralph Bruechert; E5, 6th Fleet, USS Saratoga
J Rashid; Cpl, Bravo 1/11, Camp Pendleton CA
John Kendall; HM3/SSGT, USS Raleigh LPD-1, FMF 3rd MarDiv MED, OKIN, Camp Pen, USAFR
Frank Borghese; SFC, 4th PSYOP Gp, 9th PSYOP Bn, 312th PSYOP Co, Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom
Robert Lieberman; Cpt, 374th RRC, Vietnam
Sabrina Seronello; E5, 959 SURG OPS, 332 EMDG, TX, Iraq, Katrina
Craig Thaler; E4, Gunnary Seargeant, Ft Brag
Susan Budassi-Sheehy; Cpt, US Army Gen Hosp Landstuhl, 225th Station Hospital Munich, Germany
Paul Leicht; Cpl, 3 MAW, Iraq
Glenn Jorgensen; 1st Lt, 1st Sig Gp, 864th Engr Bn, CONUS
Jon Curtis; TSgt, 8th TFW, Ubon
Ron Zabowski; PO 3rd Class, U.S. Naval Security Gp, Philippines, AK, Wash DC
Charles Sanders; E4, 2/19th Abn Art, Vietnam
Kyle Webster; E5, 4th TFW, Gulf War I
Miguel Legaspi; SSgt, Co D, 3rd AABN 29 Palms CA, Somalia, Okinawa, Philippines, Persian Gulf
Pierre Batraville; MSgt, III Mef, US, Okinawa, Philippines, Persian Gulf
Jacqueline Koczon Charette; A1C, Hospital, George AFB CA
Michele Strub; Spec 4
Jasper Copeland; MSgt, various units, England, India, Thailand
Matthew Hartmann; Spc, A Co 2-5 Cav 1 CD, Iraq
Walter Costello; LtCol, VMFA-122, 314, 232, 513, Vietnam
Art Blank Jr M.D.; Cpt, 93rd Evac Hosp, Vietnam
Leo Stone; MMCS, various locations
Vincent Thomas; Pvt 1st Class, 1st ID, Vietnam
Thomas Reynolds; Cpt, Det 1, 7th Air Force, Vietnam, Thailand
Cora Tula Watters; Cpl, Woman Marines 2nd Marines, Lejeune, PL, Quantico, Philly
Henry Benefield; Sgt, 1st/5th Mech, Vietnam
E Smith
Michael Anderson; E4, B Co 55 Spt Bn, Kentucky, Germany
Eric Stoutenburg; Cpt, 2nd Bgd Recon Troop, 1st Inf Div, Iraq
Douglas Knox; CW3, USARC
Brian Skolrud; Spec, 4th Bgd 2nd Inf Div, Ft Lewis WA
Mary Knab; SSgt, Medic, McConnel AFB, Wichita KS
Francine Askew; LCpl, Marine Barracks 8th, Wash DC
Jennifer Williams; Cpt, HQ PACAF, Desert Storm, Okinawa, HI, CONUS
Mitchell Adkins; SSgt, 86 CRG/AMS, Ramstein AB DE, Iraq
Bill Jones; MSgt, Numerous Med Units, USA, Turkey, Philippines, England, Germany
William Zehner; E4, 4/37 AR, 1st ID, Gulf War
Steve Hayes; 1 SG
Michael Eggleston; SN, Mobile Riverine Force, River Assault Sqd 131, Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Joseph Tuckman; E3, HQ Special Troops, Heidelberg Germany
Joan Schramm; LCDR, TX, CA, Japan, DC
Ron Abner; Sp4 Combat Medic, 2/8 Mech Inf 4th ID, Vietnam
Randolph Andrews; Sgt, 3/47 9th Inf Div, 1st FSB 1st Armored Div, Ft Lewis, Butzbach
Norm Anderson
Steve Johnson; Sp 5, 508 ASA, Korea
David Forsyth; E5, C Co 1st MarDiv, Vietnam
Pamela Disponett; HMC, CINCUSNAVEUR, NAVHOSP’s, NOMI P’Cola, Okinawa, London, Sicily, TX, VA, FL, CA, IL

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