IM. D. Fri.» AprO tt, 105T Faf« I llolds1iH»r« (If.O.)) Kem^ArfOt
FAMILY MAN — Sgt. Doug Bow« If a family man, likes to be a part of .the community. The Bowe
family (Doug, Lucille, Richard and Janet) chat here with mail man Hubert Lewis. (News-Argus Photo)
COMMUNITY, MAN, TOO — Tlie sergeant, also-is a prominent member of tlie Junior Chamber of
Commerce. He is shown here enjoy^ a meeting with .A. W. Griffin, Jr. (News-Argus, Photo)
Seymour Johnson Top-Kick—A Civilian At Heart
By EUGENE PRICE
He’s a career Air Force man,
but he’s a civilian at heart.
That confession came today from
Master Sergeant Douglas Bowe,
who as sergeant major of the 83rd
Fighter Wing, is the number one
noncomissioned officer at S e y-
mour Johnson Air Force Base.
He's typical of the career men
who make up today's Air Force.
He’s a family man and although a
professional in the military, he isn’t
the brawling soldier of fortune or
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“The Air Force .is a good life
for a man and his family, I chose
it as a profession because I liked
it,” said Bowe, who at 35, will be
eligible for retirement in just
four more years.
“But under the uniform, I'm a
! civilian. I like to be a part of a
; community. And I find Goldsboro
I to be a good community to be a
I part of,” the sergeant explained,
j Bowe, who came here about a
I year ago, wasted no time in be
coming a part of Goldsboro. He
joined the Jaycees and his wife
became active in the Jaycees.
They both serve on the boards of
directors and the sergeant is co-
chairman of the Seymour Johnson-
Goldsboro committee.
“We have an awful lot of friends
here. I can thank the Jaycees for
that. The club here is as good as
you’ll find anywhere. Just about
everywhere I go do%vn the street
I meet people I know,” he com
mented.
He and his wife, Lucille, •are
active in church work, too. They
attend Good Shepherd Evangelical
Lutheran Church.
With two small children
(Richard, 5, and Janet, 2), the
Bowe’s don’t “gc>out”-too m-urh at
night, aside from their Jaycee
activities and occasional visits with
Air Force and civilian families.
But they find plenty to entertain
themselves with at home. Sgt.
Bowe Is a successful amateur
photographer who once won an a-
ward with a picture he took of
three streaks of lightning flashing
across the sky. He collects stamps
and coins.
Mrs. Bowe Insisted that she
“isn’t any good at all .at it” but
her husband mentioned that she
entertains herself occasionally by
painting.
Both like Goldsboro. “It’s much
better than our last station. The
town is a nice size and the people
are friendly. The scenery is beauti-
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to fish,” said Bowe.
Mrs. Bowe enjoys the shopping
center: “There’s a big store here
for just about anything you might
want.”
As sergeant major, Bowe can ex
pect to remain here for a fairly
long tour of duty — one, he says,
which could easily extend through
his retirement period.
As for after that, he hasn’t de
cided yet. “We're both from Sari
Diego. We may go back out there.
Or we might stjay here, depend
ing on what I can find to do. We
wouldn’t mind at all living here,”
Bowe said.
They have bought a brick home
at 906 Pittman St.
Retirement
Advancement
Is Studied
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon
later this year may ask for a law
allowing all servicemen to ad
vance on the retired at com
pletion of 30 years r to the
highest j’j^ade^eA’e
'allows such advancememK the* ^
higher grade was held in tie serv
ice frorii which retired. But in other
cases there is no advancement au
thority.
A War n Navy or Marine offi
cer, for example, who enlisted in
the Air Force and retires from the
AF as an airman, cannot ad
vance to the highest grade held
in the other service (Army per
sons who switched to AF under
the law establishing AF as a sepa
rate service can advance, It has
been ruled).
The change, now being worked
on in the Pentagon, is going into
a draft legislative proposal. But it
may be some time before it clears
the big hangai*.
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McGHEE TYSON APRT., Tenn.
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during peacetime, was presented
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