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Ralph Jodice Classification Presentation

Hanover Rotary

12 Aug 2014

New Milford, New Jersey… The Garden State…What Exit??

Mom, Dad, Ralph & Pat Jodice 1963

WWII USN 39 Years as Police Officer

467 Marion Ave. New Milford, NJ

Mercury … Gemini … Apollo Space Programs of the 1960s

Parks College of Engineering and Aviation St. Louis University 1973-1976

2003 Parks College Alumni

Merit Award

7 January 1978

Mom, Dad, Brian, Ralph & Adam 2002

Ralph and Christina Seattle WA

Adam, Laurel and Cohen Colorado Springs CO Both USAF Captains

Brian, Liz and Ellie Silver Spring MD

Education

• Product of Catholic Grammar and High School Education

• BS Aerospace Engineering, Parks College of Engineering and Aviation

• MS Aerospace Engineering, University of Dayton

• MS in National Security Strategy, National War College, National Defense Univ

• Professional Military Education • Squadron Officers School (Correspondence as a Captain)

• Marine Corps Command and Staff (Quantico VA as a Major)

• Air War College (By Seminar as a Lt Colonel while in S. Korea)

• National War College (Ft. McNair, DC as a LtCol)

• Mandarin Chinese Language Training with Dept of State Foreign Service Institute

• 36 ½ years in the USAF…Jan ‘77 – Jul ‘13

• 26 Assignments…11 States (NC x 3, TX x 2, Pentagon x 2) + DC…5 Countries (UK, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, China, Turkey)

• 21 moves…oh by the way, MOVE is a 4-letter word!!

• Engineer, Fighter Pilot, Flight Lead, Instructor Pilot, Evaluator, Mission Commander…over 3500 flight hours

• Commander 6x’s … Squadron, Group, Wing, Major Command, NATO x2 • CFACC for NATO’s Operation Unified Protector

• 2x’s Pentagon Staff Assignments…Joint Staff J-3 & Air Staff Int’l Affairs

• Defense Attaché in American Embassy Beijing, China

USAF Career

F-111E Aardvark RAF Upper Heyford, UK ‘82-’85

T-38A Talon…Columbus AFB MS ‘85-’89 & Sheppard AFB Wichita Falls TX ‘01-’03

F-15E Strike Eagle ‘90-’92, ‘93-’96, ‘99-’01 Seymour Johnson AFB Goldsboro NC

Tiananmen Square, The Forbidden City, The Great Wall & Others…Beijing China

Defense Attaché ‘04-’07

Commander Air Force District of Washington UH-1N ‘08-’09

2009 Presidential Inaugural Parade

2009 Inaugural Parade Reviewing Stand

Brrrrr!!

NATO Air Commander, Izmir, Turkey ’09-’13 Combined Forces Air Component Commander

Retirement Ceremony Officiated By Gen Mark Welsh, CSAF, 1 Jul ‘13

Riding Our Tandem

4373 Grandview Road, Hanover

Today

• Every day is Saturday