active-duty Marine Corps. Missouri air National Guard.

Hillsboro, Illinois

Keith was a sergeant of an infantry platoon, and for a short time acting platoon commander. In the air National Guard, he was an air traffic control radar maintenance man. While never seeing combat himself, he personally trained many who went to serve in that role.

In preparing for his career in the Air National Guard, Keith was honor grad at his tech school. A similar level of certification that would equate to a two-year degree in electronic technology. On his way to completing retirement, he reached a proficiency as a seven level and his military occupation specialty. His service was cut short due to blindness. After a long and difficult battle, he was finally able to be rated as service-connected.

Keith is a member of the BVA, as well as County and statewide groups that advocate for blind people. Namely, the Madison County Association of the blind, and the Illinois Council of the blind.

Relying on his technical skills learned in the military, he taught himself how to code in HTML, JavaScript and to some degree in PHP. He keeps busy by developing websites in his own server space, as well as being active in podcast production.

Keith has also been proficient in using most common operating systems. Including Windows, Macintosh, iOS, Lennix and UNIX systems.

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Team River Runner is a Lifestyle. (7)

Published July 8, 2024 by Keith Heltsley

Team River Runner is a Lifestyle. (7)

boating, life jackets, personal floatation devices, safety equipment, sports, water safety

David King welcomes veterans to the training support group, and briefly states the mission and purpose of the NBVO. He introduces our guest Joel Marini of Riverboat Team River Runner. Team River Runner is an adaptive team paddling program. They use primarily kayaks, but any boat that you can paddle…

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Enjoying a childhood pastime with Heroes

Published June 23, 2024 by David King

Enjoying a childhood pastime with Heroes

by David King For me fishing as something to do as a kid, a past time for summertime fun. We did not have anything else but a bamboo pole. Or to be creative or determined, a strong limb long enough to get the job done. All it took was to…

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