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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