Who Is... Jeremy 'Ice' ?
Born on
15th September 1984
"For those
that don’t know, Fifties is my father….as you can see, ugly does get passed
down!"
Comments:
In the
past 4 years, the Army has taken me all over the world, Oklahoma, Alabama,
Hawaii, Texas, Maine, Ireland, Hungary, Turkey, Germany, Kuwait, and now Iraq.
Status:
Single,
I currently live with a roommate in a 10 X 10 room in a trailer.
Profession / Qualifications:
U.S.
Army Air Traffic Controller
Control
Tower Operator: Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii
Control
Tower Operator: Hood Army Airfield, Texas
Control
Tower Operator: Washington Army Heliport, Iraq
Comments:
I am
currently assigned to Baghdad Radio Airspace Information Center in Baghdad,
Iraq. We push over 1,000 movements
a day and run 24/7. There’s no
such thing as a weekend or holiday here. In
addition to providing support to aircraft, we also provide support to ground
units who wish to use the airspace for UAV’s, Artillery, and Special
Operations (the ones you don’t hear about on T.V.).
Hobbies:
Flight
Simulation, RC Helicopters, and Hockey.
Joint-Ops (How you came about Joint-Ops):
It all
started with an idea of making a place where not only we could fly and have fun,
but pass on skills to help everyone become a better pilot.
Pilot
Career (Real and/or Virtual):
9 years
Combat/Flight Simulation, I spent a few years in JO in the beginning, but my
Army life drew me away from it because I didn’t have much time.
I’m currently the CEO of America West Virtual Airlines (www.aweva.org).
We are an enthusiast group that flight on the VATSIM Network.
Joint-Ops
Claims to Fame:
The
longs nights of making the first JO website and dealing with Fifties (LOL) just
kidding. Spending nights in the
Microsoft Zone trying to recruit members for the school and working 2 times more
to convince them that we weren’t a squad.
The
very first MEPS (now known as SEPS), we only had 3 members show up but it was an
all day headache. It also taught us
to put instructions with a lot of our tools.
The
Future:
Now
that I have a bit more time on my hands and will be getting out of the military
as soon as I get back to the states, I plan on continuing what we started.
JO has been around longer than any of us had ever imagined and it just
seems to be getting better. Lets all hope that it’s around for many years to come.
