by Molly | Oct 1, 2024 | Dispatch
September Dispatch Hello Torchlight Initiative subscribers, registrants, and supporters. This periodic dispatch will provide a status update concerning Air Force (AF) Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) community cancers and other diseases, illnesses, and...
by Molly | Sep 25, 2023 | Cancer Narrative
JACKIE My name is Jackie. I was a Missile Combat Crew Commander from 2000 to 2004 serving in the, now-decommissioned, 564th Missile Squadron, Malmstrom AFB, Montana. I then served as an instructor in the 392d Training Squadron at Vandenberg AFB, California until...
by Molly | Sep 20, 2023 | Cancer Narrative
JASON BOSWELL My name is Jason Boswell and I want to share my story so that it may help others who are just starting their journey that I have already traveled. My cancer presented quite suddenly on January 1st, 2015. I awoke that morning with a headache and fever...
by Molly | Sep 13, 2023 | Cancer Narrative
ROB CALDERON My name is Dr. Roberto (Rob) Calderon, and I served in the 564th Missile Squadron at Malmstrom AFB from 1995-1998. In 2000 at the age of 28, I was one of the first from my year group to be diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. I along with two of my good...
by Molly | Aug 7, 2023 | Cancer Narrative
DAVID HOLLIS I am David Hollis, and was an ICBM crew member stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, in the 490th Missile Squadron between April 2002 and May 2006. All crew members were exposed to radon gas at varying levels and frequency by virtue of being in...
