DECEMBER 2022
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Aegis Living Madison resident recalls time in military
Honoring veterans
By Jessica Keller
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Madison Park Times editor
Aegis Living Madison resident Bob Elliott might not have engaged in combat during his Air Force career, but his time in the military was not dull. Elliott, 82, enlisted in the Air Force straight out of high school when many people were being drafted, which gave him the latitude to choose which branch and the length of his enlistment. “Basically, I chose it because it was four years, not like if you got drafted, where it could go on and on, forever,” Elliott said. He enlisted in the Air Force, he said, because it gave him the greatest opportunity to follow his lifelong interest and passion: travelling. In basic training, Elliott learned he had an aptitude for communication work and from there he went to San Angelo, Texas, and studied communication intelligence and cryptography for 15 months before choosing an assignment on Crete. “We had dots all over the world, but being on the southern tip of Europe would give you a lot of opportunity to get around and do things,” Elliott said.
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Photo courtesy Aegis Living Madison Aegis Living Madison resident Bob Elliott was one of more than 20 veterans recognized at the assisted living facility outside of Madison Park on Nov. 11. Elliott, 82 served in the Air Force working for the National Security Agency doing communication intelligence work in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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While stationed in Crete, he spent most of his time working in and around Greece, Turkey and North Africa, with a little bit in western and eastern Europe. Elliott said he and a small team of people operated cutting-edge technology that allowed them to listen in on communications from countries that were considered both adversaries and “of interest.” Although he enlisted in the Air Force, Elliott said he really worked for the National Security Agency
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