Bob Bement (UMF 1984-1988) has served the last 21 years as a commissioned
officer in the Air Force. He has visited over 35 countries in that time and
has been stationed in several foreign lands, to include Japan, Germany,
Saudi Arabia, Honduras, and Alabama. A career intelligence officer, Bob has
reached the rank of lieutenant colonel and currently serves as a speech
writer and executive assistant to a 2-star general. In July, he will assume
command of Detachment 390, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at the University of Michigan. Inspired by Tom Foster’s voluminous literary output, he recently self-published his first collection of stories, Just
Some Stories.