It has been six years this week since the 332nd Flying Mongrels
http://www.332nd.org/ opened their doors. I have made countless friends due Aces High and Warbirds.
Our squad members in these six years have shared and grieved many losses. Members have lost their jobs, suffered through divorce, lost parents and children. Some of us have shed tears of joy and pain together. I cannot begin to tell you the number of times members have come to the aid of one another for various reasons. The generosity of this group gives testimony to what we are about.
A place where men become friends and friends become brothers.
I started this squad under the prompting of Al “docdog” Arline in 1997. It steadly grew for 2 years until we made the move to Aces High. Many stayed in Warbirds, but about 1/3 of us moved over. Ghosth led the charge to make the move and has been a faithful, steadfast, solid X.O. for several years now. Truly my right hand man. Yet from our newest members, Mrmidi, Falcon59, and Coyote22 to some of our oldest Wklink, Harppa, Texdog, TeeeRex, and all those in-between, each one makes it a better squad. I am blessed to call these guys my friends and am a fortunate they consider the same of me. Lastly I want to thank Ozark for hosting our site and his continued time in the managing our squad BB.
Our squad from its conception has focused on having fun and making friends and I attribute that philosophy to the success of the squad and to its quality members. It is rare indeed that we have had to give a member the boot, but it is not a perfect world. The members list is long, but by no means complete. Every November I post a list of current and former members and inevitable miss one or two. Members are given ranks in accordance to our posted rules and regulations which has been modified over the years to suit us best. Ranks really mean little to us, but simply show those who have been with use the longest, flown the most missions and at times have lead missions. In many instances the low rank and number of missions flown do not reflect how long someone has been a member. Many of those who are 2nd Lieutenants or Airman have been members for well over a year, but are unable to make many of the squad nights to earn a mission. Also many of the past names are well known regulars and now have their own squad after cutting their teeth with us.
None of us made the 2003 con, but here are some pictures from the 2002 Con.
http://www.arff.info/Con2002.htm We expect quite a large turn out for the 2004. If I missed anyone below let me know, but after checking it twice everyone should be listed.
Current members X.O. Lt. Colonel Bill “ghosth” Jamison – 178 missions
Major Gary “vaderr” Soares – 92 missions
Major Kevin “nifty” Haynes – 100 missions
Captain Bill “TeeeRex” Wainscott – 119 missions
Captain Todd “Texdog” Cooley – 61 missions
Captain Don “Ozark” Elliot – 71 missions
Captain Dan “”hamerd” Scott – 54 missions
Co Founder - Major Al "docdog" Arline - 57 missions
Captain Nick “Starbird Ristow – 75 missions
Captain Tom “wklink” Cofield – 58 missions
Captain Steven “puke” Johnson – 62 missions
Captain John “banana” Dahlen – 56 missions
Captain Scott “swagger” Erich – 59 missions
Captain Nick “sarge1” Martin – 26 missions
1st Lieutenant Dick “maddog” Thompson – 40 missions
1st Lieutenant Warren “sour” Gross – 39 missions
1st Lieutenant Pascal “deSelys” Roman – 26 missions
1st Lieutenant Joe “blutik” Barry – 48 missions
1st Lieutenant Larry “SunKing” Sterling – 34 missions
1st Lieutenant Ted "TeeDog" Severns – 32 missions
1st Lieutenant Don "cup" Howden – 31 missions
1st Lieutenant – Ian “Renrael” Farrell – 31 missions
1st Lieutenant Brad “GeoDog” Stark – 27 missions
1st Lieutenant Mark “makarov9” Lagarde – 26 missions
2nd Lieutenant Shannon “forHIM” Ryks – 22 missions
2nd Lieutenant Kim “speede” Werenka – 20 missions
2nd Lieutenant Justin "wineman" Boeger – 18 missions
2nd Lieutenant - Bernie "skernsk" Failing – 17 missions
2nd Lieutenant Todd “w00lie” Woolever – 15 missions
2nd Lieutenant - Ted "mrmidi" White – 15 missions
2nd Lieutenant - Eleuterio "Falcon59" Santana – 11 missions
Airman Mark "grillman" LaPlante – 8 missions
Airman Fred "coyote22" Budziak – 4 missions
Past members Major Harri "harppa" Neimi - 92 missions
Major Stephan "woodog" Waldtmann - 61 missions
Captain Frank “tbones” Perisino – 61 missions
Captain Marshall "dracer" Campbell - 58 missions
Captain David "booker/pageflip" Erb - 55 missions
Captain Mike "rock" Bunn - 48 missions
Captain Rasmus "wilbus" Mattsson -48 missions
1st Lieutenant Chris "b-town" Bradbury - 46 missions
Captain Paul "gospel" Lukes 44 missions
Captain Arlis "ibex" Kelly - 38 missions
1st Lieutenant Larry "killdog" Clopton
Captain D.R. "tufdog" Smith - 34 missions
1st Lieutenant Trey "ammo" Wells - 31 missions
Captain Petros "macho" Matsakos - 30 missions
Captain Stephen "gunthr" Guenther - 30 missions
1st Lieutenant Brad “paxil” Stark – 25 missions
1st Lieutenant Oscar "odee" Dillion - 23 missions
1st Lieutenant Dan "rico" Thacker - 20 missions
2nd Lieutenant Mark "merlly" Travis - 21 missions
2nd Lieutenant Matt "shermn" Sherman - 19 missions
Captain Tom "snowy" MacDonald - 18 missions
2nd Lieutenant Hogni "darling" Gylfason - 18 missions
2nd Lieutenant Keith "hudman" Morris - 17 missions
2nd Lieutenant Ken "x-man" Baugh - 15 missions
2nd Lieutenant Brian "canine" Churchill -15 missions
1st Lieutenant Geir-Anders "GA" Hansen - 13 missions
2nd Lieutenant Rudi "andy" Sovik - 10 missions
2nd Lieutenant Herbert "udog" Walbeck - 10 missions
Airman Lou "nicet" Pesano - 7 missions
Airman David “Bbanzai” Finan – 7 missions
Airman Chris "bmer1171" Toombs - 6 missions
Airman Anthony "megado" Clopton - 5 missions
Airman Wayne "grumps"Fisher -5 missions
Airman Chris "nopoop" Overholser - 4 missions
Airman Richard "MataHari" Ness - 3 missions
Airman Bob "cutter" Godfrey - 2 missions
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CO CM daddog
332nd Flying Mongrels RosterNoses in the wind since 1997.
It took you 10 minutes to make “that” mission? What did you do with the other eight? – Swagger
