When Riley Joseph Chapman, 22, walked into the Air Force recruiting center with his family, be came the fourth generation (great grandfather, grandfather, father, and himself) in his family to enlist on Sept. 17. Wednesday, he will be shipping off to basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, exactly 97 years after his great-grandfather, Riley Virgil Chapman, whom he was named after, joined the Army. His grandfather, Glenn, enlisted in the Air Force on the same day in 1956. Thirty years later, his father, Joseph, joined the Air Force. Now, 18 years after his father, it’s the younger Riley’s turn. We thank the Chapman family for their continued service to our great nation.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 10:29:06 +0000
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