Sgt Travis Pfister
2003-2007
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posted 02/26/07
Sgt Travis Pfister 2007 Trip To Hawaii
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Travis and Jessica met in Dec of 1999 at the Purple Fox's Christmas party. Both Purple Foxes, Jessica was assigned to Maintenance Administration and Travis was a mechanic. The two hit it off and began to pal around as buddies but not for long as they decided to marry on Nov. 24 2001. The wedding was a traditional Marine Corps affair with most of the Purple Foxes in attendance. One year later Travis would find himself in Kuwait. After returning stateside in 2003, Travis decided he had enough of the Marine Corps and found a mechanic job with Boeing working on CH-46's. Seemed that he was indirectly working once again with the Purple Foxes. But in 2005 he learned that his beloved squadron, the Purple Foxes were heading back to Iraq and suddenly civilian life did not seem enough. Travis wanted to go. Jessica in the meanwhile had remained in the Marine Corps and was assigned as a recruiter. Knowing her husband wanted to re-enlist she decided to help. She put Travis' re-listment package together and sent it off to HQMC. It took them about a month to get it back to them, just 10 days before the departure date! |
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told us that she catches a lot of flack for being responsible for sending
her husband back to Iraq, but she was only doing what he wanted. "I
am very proud of him. I have one more year left on recruiting duty, then
hopefully next time I'll be out there with them "Doin' the DO." 3/15/05 |
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At age
18 Travis Pfister joined the marines from Richland Washington.
He graduated boot camp June 19th, 1998 from MCRD San Diego and then went
on to MCT (Marine Combat Training at Camp Pendleton). After completion
of combat training Travis was off to Pensacola, Florida for Naval
Aircrew Candidate School. After his 6 month training there he was assigned
to SERE (survival, evasion, resistance, escape) school in Brunswick Maine.
MCAS New River was his next duty station where he completed Aircrew and
Mechanic training. On June 20th of 1999 Travis checked into HMM-364
flight line, unaware that his new life as a Purple Fox was about
to change.
Arriving New River in August 1999
was a Marine named Jessica. Assigned to HMM-364 as the
NALCOMIS analyst Jessica was kept busy tracking maintenance and
total flight time of each helicopter. However, in December Jessica
attended the annual Purple Fox Christmas party where she
met Travis for the first time. The mechanic and the technical
maintenance analyst found they had a great deal in common and married
on Nov. 24th, 2001. |
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deployment to Iraq Jessica received recruiting duty, but Travis was off to war. He returned safely. Travis remained with HMM-364 Purple Foxes until his separation from the Corps in May, 2003. But what does a Purple Fox do after the Marine Corps? Travis knew exactly what he would do. He found a mechanic job with Boeing working on; you guessed it, CH-46's! Seems that the Purple Fox still works for HMM-364 but now as a civilian! Jessica continues her recruiting duty in Oceanside, Ca. The couple has been married for three years. recd: Sept,2004 |
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