Beaufort’s Rob Carson, 54, joined the United States Air Force in San Jose, Calif., in 1988. After Basic Training at Lackland, AFB he trained as a firefighter/crash crew member at Chanute, Ill. He was assigned at Cannon AFB, N.M., from which he deployed to Panama before and during hostilities with Operation Just Cause and later to King Fahad Air Base in Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield/Storm where he manned fire, rescue and crash trucks. Following that, he separated in 1992 and joined the Orangeburg Department of Public Safety as both a police officer and firefighter. He moved to Beaufort in 1999 and served with the Police Department for 20 years. Today he is a civil servant working at Parris Island and is training to be a DAV service officer.
Compiled by John Chubb, American Legion Post 207. For Veteran Of The Week nominations, contact jechubb1@gmail.com.
