Bob's Promotion to the Rank of Colonel (NQR)
It was an exciting weekend for us in Memphis! My husband reached a personal goal of attaining the rank of Colonel that he has been striving for over 18 years. Given that only 1% of the Officers in the military ever achieve this rank, the odds were not in our favor! With only a few more years before mandatory retirement age and the fact that very few Public Health Officers ever make it to Colonel, we were almost ready to concede that it wasn't going to happen. BUT, the Stars were aligned for Bob to be in the right place, at the right time, with the right prerequisites, and gain a Commander assignment that was a Full Bird Colonel position. Last March we went through a Change of Command ceremony where my husband became the Commander of the 164th Medical Group, 164th Airlift Wing, Memphis Air National Guard Base, TN. Associated with this command is the rank of Colonel. In 2015 Bob had been through a grueling last...