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Show I ' 'J ' ' ' ' f L i ' A. " I A retirement ceremony honoring MSgt Tim Garrett was held in February at Nellis AFB in Nevada. Garrett, along with four of his brothers, all children of Jim and Sheree Waist ad of Tropic, served in the U.S. Air Force. Garrett will now take a position in Japan. They're Retiring Very Young These Days TROPIC It appears after being be-ing honored by the U.S. Air Force following 20 years of exemplary service, retirement is not in the cards for Master Sergeant Tim Gar-. rett, former Bryce Valley High School graduate and Tropic resident. In February, 39-year-old Garrett's Gar-rett's military service came to an end with the presentation of retirement retire-ment certificates and gifts in a ceremony at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. The ceremony was attended at-tended by his entire family including includ-ing parents Jim and Sheree Walstad and brothers Chip, 40, Las Vegas; Shannon, 31, Salt Lake City and Lane, 29, of Ogden.. Brother Shane, 37, Coeur d' Alene, Ida., was unable to attend. All five brothers have at one time or another through the years served their country coun-try by completing a military stint in the Air Force. After being honored in retirement, retire-ment, Garrett accepted a prime job working in power production for Lockheed in Mesowa, Japan and has now departed for that position. Beginning at Lackland AFB in Texas in 1980, Garrett has transferred trans-ferred some eight times throughout his 20 years of service. He completed com-pleted technical school at Sheppard, AFB in Texas and accepted his first duty assignment at Clark AB in the Philippines. . There he survived typhoon ty-phoon Irma and provided emergency power for recovery from that devastating devas-tating storm. From 1982-86 he served in combat communications at Tinker AFB, Okla., with High TDY unit, mostly in Honduras in Central America. From 1986-91 he was stationed at Nellis AFB, Nev., at (See RETIRING YOUNG page 5A) RETIRING From Front Page Tonopah Test Range and supported vthe first combat use of the F-117 , Stealth Fighter at Desert Storm. From 1991-94 he was with a Civil Engineer Squadron as a power production specialist at McCord - AFB, in Washington. In 1994 he .transferred yet again to Washington, D.C. where he worked in the Presidential Presi-dential Contingency Program at the White House. From 1998 to the present he was assigned to the 99th , Civil Engineer Squadron at Nellis AFB in Nevada. At his final assignment, Garrett served as a non-commissioned offi-. offi-. cer in charge of the Generator Shop where he managed some 50 genera-, genera-, tors. His shop was rated best , among Air Combat Command's 20 , bases. He was handpicked to con-, con-, solidate safety and vehicle control positions, a job previously, manned . by two individuals. A couple of highlights of his final assignment included volunteering volunteer-ing and being deployed as part of the Air Expeditionary Force 3 to Al Jaber, Kuwait. He provided generator genera-tor support following a helicopter accident near Al Jaber. In his retirement speech Garrett cited the love and support of his family as the number one factor in his successful military service and presented his mother with a bouquet of red roses. |