 Birthplace & Family
Born to Porter (deceased in 1968) & Edna Simpson in
Jeffersonville, Indiana. Both
mom and dad were from Kentucky, dad born in
Lexington and mom in Campbellsville. Mom has been married to Ray Hackl since 1972.
Dad Hackl passed away in August 2006, mom
now lives in
Sun City West, Arizona. I have one younger brother Ray, who
lives in
Surprise, AZ
with his wife Ramona.
I also have an older half-brother, Ron
Simpson who lives
in New Albany, Indiana.
So What Have I Been Doing Since Birth?
Dad's job took us all over the United
States, or so it seemed. We lived in
Kentucky, Indiana, Louisiana, Texas, Nevada,
Arizona, and Ohio. We lived in
multiple cities in most of those states too!
Sometime in 1964 we moved from New Albany
Indiana to Cincinnati Ohio where finally it seemed as though we were
somewhat settled.  We were settled long
enough for me to graduate from
Woodward High School.
Yea...Go
Bulldogs!!!
Shortly after High School I enlisted into
the US Air Force and Uncle Sam spared no
expense to send me to:
Lackland AFB, TX |
Basic Training 1969 |
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Chanute AFB, IL |
1969 |
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Luke AFB, AZ |
A few months in 1969 |
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Phan Rang Viet Nam |
1969-1970 |
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Yokota AB, Japan |
1970-1972 |
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Randolph AFB, TX |
1972-1976 |
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As a bonus I was sent on temporary
duty to places like Osan AB Korea,
Pusan AB Korea, & a return trip to
Viet Nam at Cam Rahn Air Base. |
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1976 Honorably discharged from the
Air Force. |
In 1970 while stationed in Japan I met Kim.
I had a part-time job washing dishes at the
NCO club and Kim was a waitress. Kim
was there with her family, her father was
career Air Force and also stationed at
Yokota. Anyway, Kim liked the way I
washed dishes and decided we were going to
get married and so we did in December 1971.
Isn't that romantic?
In 1972 we left Japan for my next assignment
to Randolph AFB, Texas. It was while
we were at Randolph that we had our first
child, Emerson in
March 1973. So Emerson is a Texan that
was actually made in Japan.
1976 after being discharged from the Air
Force, we moved to Phoenix Arizona.
Attended a couple community colleges while
working full-time. While in Phoenix,
Chris, our
second son, was born in 1978. About
1979 Kim enlisted in the Air Force.
Her first assignment was Randolph AFB in San
Antonio and so we moved back to familiar
territory.
Eventually, I go to school long enough to
graduate with a BSAS (Bachelor of Science
Applied Sociology "Do you want fries with
that?") from Southwest Texas State University
in San Marcos, Texas. The school is now
named
Texas State University
. Went on
to graduate school at the same university
for a year before Kim received an assignment
to
Yokota AB Japan where we first met and
were married. So in 1985, we packed up
kids and bags and departed for Japan where we
remained for 6 years.
1991 the Simpson clan leaves Yokota AB Japan
for
Headquarters US European Command in
Stuttgart Germany. We spent 4 years in
Germany enjoying every moment. In 1995
Kim was then given an assignment to Offutt
AFB, Nebraska just outside Omaha. I
began working for the Defense Automated
Printing Service in 1995. Remained
with DAPS until 2001 when my job was lost to
what is fondly referred to as a "RIF" (reduction in force).
If that wasn't enough, just months before my
job ended, I was sent to the hospital for
some tests and the next thing I understood
was they would not release me until the
surgeon cracked open by chest to do bypass
surgery; apparently I had left main artery
disease. Ouch! That was really
unexpected and frightening but I survived
the ordeal with a few complications along
the way.
In October 2003, I began working for
the
University of Nebraska at Omaha
in the
Facilities Management & Planning department.
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Birthplace
& Family
After assignments to
Randolph AFB and Brooks AFB, TX, we went to Japan for 6 years
followed immediately by an assignment to Hq. European Command at
Patch Barracks located in the beautiful city of Stuttgart, Germany.
We had a 4 year assignment and enjoyed most every moment.
Once our tour was up at Stuttgart, we were then assigned to
Offutt AFB, Nebraska! Well we NEVER entertained the
thought of working and living anywhere near Nebraska but we have
remained here since my retirement from the Air Force in 1999.
After my retirement in 1999, I went to work as a contractor for
Sterling Software and after several company buy-outs, I now work
for Northrop Grumman as a Quality Assurance Engineer. I
worked off-base for several years and am now back in my
pre-retirement stomping grounds working on Offutt AFB with many of the people I knew before I retired.