Marshall Native Serving In Pacific Paradise
Gary Thorpe Enjoys Duty In Guam
Castelloe
Completes
Training
By CECIL NEWBERRY
Army and Air Fore* Homatown News
Marshall native Gary Thorpe is ata
tioned half a world away from
Madison County these days as a staff
sergeant in the Air Force Thorpe is a
munitions specialist with the 43rd
Strategic Wing based at Andersen
AFB in Guam.
The 43rd Strategic Wing is the
Strategic Air Command's only
bomber base located outside the con
tinental U.S. As such, the unit serves
an fmportant and unique mission in
the nation's defense
Of his outfit, Thorpe says, "We are
the security blanket of the United
States." The Marshall native enjoys
his Pacific duty station and his work
with the 43rd. "I supervise 30 people
in the munitions hauling section,
where we haul munitions in the
500-700-pound range. We haul the
munitions from the maintenence or
storage areas to the fiightline and
back. We use a semi-tractor trailer
and special support equipment to
move the bombs."
While the folks back in Madison
County are still thawing out from
winter. Thorpe enjoys the tropical
climate on Guam. "The weather is
conducive to almost any type of out
door activity," Thorpe reports. "On
most any day of the year, I can take
my boat out fishing, water skiing, div
ing or just riding around in some of
the clearest water in the world."
A 1975 graduate of Madison High
School, Thorpe is the son of James
and Hester Thorpe of Dry Branch Rd.
in Marshall.
Airman First Class Kevin M
Castelloe has graduated from tb?
U.S. Air Force school for information
systems specialists at Keesler Air
Force Base, Miss.
A 1976 graduate of Satellite H.S.?in
Satellite Beach, Fla., AFC CasteHu
is the son of Terrence and Cathriae
Castelloe of Rt 2, Leicester.
Jarvis Takes Part In
Korean Training Exercise
U.S. Army Private First Class
Rodney K. Jarvis took part recently
in military exercises conducted in
South Korea.
PFC Jarvis, a truck terminal
operations co-ordinator with the 119th
Transportation Co. stationed at Ft.
Eustis, Va., took part in Team Spirit
'8fi The operation was a joint training
exercise for U.S. and South Korean
troops conducted in South Korea and
other locations in the Pacific Com
mand.
A 1983 graduate of North Buncombe
High School. PFC Jarvis is the son of
James and Betty Jarvis of Weaver
ville.
Hensley, l lpton Report To Duty Stations
U.S. Army Specialist Fourth Class
George W. Hensley has reported (or
duty with the 7th Infantry in West
Germany. Hensley is an armored
vehicle mechanic.
He is the son of Mary L. Hensley of
Mars Hill.
U.S. Navy Fireman Recruit
Michael C. Tipton has reported for
duty about the repair ship USS
Vulcan, homeported in Norfolk, Va.
A 1984 graduate of Madison H.S., he
is the son of Jack Tipton of Mars Hill.
He joined the Navy in August of last
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...on the job in (iuam
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