Bernie Lannan

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Where do you currently live? (State, Country)

peachtree city, GA USA

Spouse/Partner

Patty Erler Lannan

Occupation

Electronics Engineer

Children

Emily, born 1982
Joanne,born 1984
Heather,born 1986
Evan,born 1989

Military Service

AIR FORCE

Were you born outside the continental United States?

Yes
If Yes, where?

Where in the world did your overseas chapter unfold?

1956 Camp Drake, Japan
1960-64 Spangdahlem AFB, Germany
1965-69 Yokota AFB, Japan

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Share a memory that could only have happened because of where you were.

Yokota Swim Team, traveled to US bases in Japan for swim meets

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High school graduating year:

1974

What have you been up to since you graduated?

1956 Tokyo Army Hospital, Japan, Camp Drake
1958 Malstrom AFB, Montana
1960 Spandahlem AFB, Germany
1964 Loogootee, IN (3rd Grade)
1965 Yokota AFB, Japan
1969 Loogootee, IN
1974 Indiana University
1976 Air Force, E-4⁸
1978 Married
1979 Purdue
1982 Robins AFB, Air Force, Military, 1Lt
1986 Robins AFB, Civil Service
1991 FAA
2001 Compucredit, Atlanta
2004 Robins AFB, CTO
2008 Air Force Reserve Retirement, Lt Colonel
2025 Retired, NH-IV, GS-14

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Favorite overseas memory:

traveling

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Have you been to a Gathering or Homecoming?

The dreaded question...Where are you from? Feel free to elaborate—we love brat stories!

Graduated High School from Loogootee, IN 1974

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Of all the places you’ve lived, which one still holds a piece of your heart — and why?

Japan: base swim team, Boy Scouts camping all over Japan, mother from Hokkaido, Japan, traveled to Ebeotsu, Hokkaido to meet Japanese relatives. 4th thru 7th grades in DoD Schools, Several friends still in contact with since Japan.

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Have you been back to visit any place you lived growing up overseas?

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Countries you lived in overseas:

Germany
Japan

Schools attended overseas:

Spangdahlem K-2
Yokota 4th-7th

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Did you move just before your senior year of high school?

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Did you serve or are serving in the United States military?

1. Enlisted Sep 1976 Air Force
2. ROTC Purdue
3. 2Lt Robins AFB, GA 2/1982
4. Reserves, 1987-2008
5. Retired 8 active, 22 yrs Reserves as Lt.Col

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Jul 21, 2026 at 8:49 AM

Very similar life. Congrats. Born 10/16/56 Tokyo Army Hospital, camp drake, father xfr to USAF, 4yrs Spangdalem 60-64, yokota 65-69, joined USAF 1976, Whiteman afb 77-79, commissioned 1981, purdue, Robins afb, USAFR as Maj,retired LTC 2008.

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