Edward B. Steele
Retired: July 1991
Wife: Julie
Children: Susan, Mark
Grandchildren: Chandra
Jobs / Assignments
1961 Lackland AFB, TX Officer Candidate School
1961-62 Keesler AFB, MS Ground Electronics Officer ’ s Course
1962-63 Saulte Sante Marie AFS, MI Communications Electronics Officer
1963-64 Hattiesburg, MS Bootstrap, University of Southern Mississippi
1964-65 Rockville AFS, Iceland Communications Electronics Officer
1965-67 Keesler AFB, MS Systems Plans Manager
1967-68 Auburn University, AL AFIT Graduate Student
1968-71 Lindsay AFS, Germany Electronic Intelligence Officer
1971-72 Moorestown, NJ RCA Corp, AFIT Education with Industry
1972-75 NORAD Cheyenne Mtn, CO Systems Controller
1975-77 Lockport AFS, NY Site/Squadron Commander
1977-79 Offutt AFB, NB Command, Control, Comm Director
1979-82 Mather AFB, CA Deputy Base Commander
1982-84 Los Angeles AFB, CA Nato Satellite Program Director
1984-86 Los Angeles AFB, CA Base Commander
1986-88 Izmir, Turkey Chief of Staff, NATO Comm
1988-91 Norfolk NavalBase, VA Deputy Director, Command, Control, Comm
July 1991 Retired, USAF, Colonel
1991-93 Christopher Newport University Tennis Instructor, Part Time
1993-Present Niceville, FL Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Mathematics Instructor, FT/PT
Education
Aug 1964 Bachelor of Science (Mathematics), University of Southern Mississippi
Aug 1968 Master of Science (Celestial Mechanics), Auburn University
Dec 1992 Bachelor of Arts (Secondary Education), Christopher Newport University
Ed Remembers . . . The first minute (actually the first second) of the first time I set foot into the dormitory with all the 1st Class OCs “ barking ” instructions and the 2nd Class OCs trying to comply by shouting responses and “ bugging ” around in circles. I knew immediately that I was in for an experience of a lifetime!