Gene Johns
MSgt, USAF Retired
Author - Poet - Song Writer
Two-time State Bowling Champion
Hometown: Vero Beach, Florida
Relationship Status: Divorced, but in a happy successful relationship with my girlfriend and best friend Gayle, since October 2006
Offspring: 4 children (two boys/two girls); 6 grandchildren (3 boys/3 girls)
Education:
- Graduate: Vero Beach Senior High (1968 - 1972)
- Graduate: Community College of the Air Force
- AS Degree-Personnel Administration (1992)
- Life: 1954 to Present
- Parenting: 1975 to Present
- Grandparenting: 1998 to Present
Politics: Registered Republican; Libertarian-leaning on social Issues & conservative on economic & military Issues - I voted for and proudly supported Donald Trump as President!
Religion: None
Favorite Music: Real Country Music, 50's & 60's Pop/Rock n Roll
States I've lived in: Florida, Oregon, Colorado, Georgia, West Virginia, Alaska, Alabama
Hobbies/Passions: America, American Politics, Writing, Internet, YouTubing; Maintaining Three Websites, Music, Movies, Storms, Travel, Bowling (no longer active)
Greatest Thrills of my Life (other than marriage or birth of my children): Bowling my first 300 game; Bowling my first 800 series; Winning the Georgia State Tournament (Scratch All-Events Division Championship); Promotion to Master Sergeant (USAF); White water rafting in North Carolina and Tennessee; Parasailing in Key West, Florida
Websites:
Gene's Perspective; Essie's Accolades; Godless American Patriot
Military Service
United States Air Force - Retired
- Time in service: 21 years, 9 months, 10 days
- Enlisted: August 21, 1972
- Retired: June 1, 1994
- Retired Rank
Master Sergeant
- Awards & Decorations
- Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters; Air Force Achievement Medal; Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with one oak leaf cluster; Air Force Organizational Excellence Award; Air Force Good Conduct Medal with six oak leaf clusters; National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Star; Air Force Overseas Short Tour Ribbon; Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon with four oak leaf clusters; Noncommissioned Officer Professional Military Education Graduate Ribbon with one oak leaf cluster; Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon with Service Star (M-16 Rifle & .38 Caliber Pistol); Air Force Training Ribbon; Meritorious Unit Award
- Other Achievements
- Graduate NCO Leadership School
- Tyndall AFB, Florida. 1977
- Graduate TAC NCO Academy
- Tyndall AFB, Florida, 1987
- Senior Enlisted Member of the Quarter
- AFROTC Southeast Region, 1 October - 31 December 1990
- Professional Performer designation by ATC Inspector General, 31 August 1990
- Outstanding Personnel Manager of the Year (1991), AFROTC Southeast Region
- Staff member of "Best AFROTC Detachment in the Nation 1992"
- AFROTC Detachment 145 - Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
- Stationed at: Tyndall AFB @ Panama City, Florida (Twice); Mt Hebo AFS, near Tillamook, Oregon; Peterson AFB @ Colorado Springs, Colorado; Moody AFB @ Valdosta, Georgia; Beckley MEPS @ Beckley, West Virginia; Clear AFS @ Clear, Alaska; AFROTC-Florida State University @ Tallahassee, Florida; Maxwell AFB @ Montgomery, Alabama
A Conversation About God & Religion: Co-written with David Bivens - two friends with two different views about God and religion.
Things I've Written: A collection of essays, poems, songs, and short stories I have written over the years.
Gainsay: This book is about why I believe a mandatory public school uniform policy, without an opt-out provision for any reason, is unconstitutional.
21st Century Country Music and the Essie Accolades: This book examines how real country music in the 21st century has been pushed aside for pop country. I also present the best and the worst songs on country music radio from the year 2000 through September 2018. Additionally, this book establishes a new country music recognition format, the Essie Accolades, recognizing the best real country music songs and artists of the 21st century.
Bowling Achievements
Won more than twenty tournaments including:
Two-time State Champion:
- 1982 Georgia Scratch All-Events Champion
- 1983 West Virginia Scratch Doubles Champion (with Gary Mills)
Nine-time Association Champion:
- 1978 Panama City (FL) Men's Bowling Association
- Handicap Doubles Champion (with Clarence Youngblood)
- Scratch Doubles Champion (with Clarence Youngblood)
- Scratch Team Champion
- Scratch All-Events Champion
- 1979 Panama City (FL) Men's Bowling Association
- Scratch Doubles Champion (with Clarence Youngblood)
- 1983 Beckley (WV) Men's Bowling Association
- Scratch Team Champion
- 1984 Beckley (WV) Men's Bowling Association
- Scratch Doubles Champion (with Gary Mills)
- 1985 Beckley (WV) Men's Bowling Association
- Scratch Team Champion
- 1989 Tallahassee (FL) Men's Bowling Association
- Scratch Team Champion
- High Games: 300 (4), 299 (2)
- High Series: 824, 801 (6 series in the 790s)
- Highest League Average: 228 (05'-06'); 224 (07'-08')
In Loving Memory
of my Sister
Gwendolyn Catherine Johns
January 1, 1959 - November 15, 1976 (17)
In Loving Memory
of my Dad
Eugene T. Johns Sr.
April 20, 1933 - April 13, 2004 (70)
U.S. Navy Veteran - Korean War
