Bio: Whited, Major Terry (Military Retirement - 2014)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Ochodnicky, Whited

----Source: The Star News (Medford, WI) 2/26/2015

Westboro native Major Terry (Ochodnicky) Whited recently retired from the Air Force after 27 years of Service.

She is the daughter of the late Charles and MaryAnn Ochodnicky. She graduated from Rib Lake High School in 1987 and enlisted in 1987 as a vehicle operations specialist. In 1992 she cross-trained into the contracting career field. She attained the rank of technical sergeant. In 2001, she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor degree in business and in 2003 received a masters degree in human resources as well receiving her commission from the officer training school.

She deployed and supported numerous military operations including: Operation Desert Shield/Storm (1990), Operation Allied Force - Kosovo (1999), Operation Enduring Freedom Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan (2002, 2008, 2010), Operation Iraqi Freedom - Iraq (2009) and Operation Noble Eagle - Afghanistan (2011). Major Whited has over 27 years of distinguished service to her nation.

She retired on September 1, 2014, with the rank of Major and is currently employed as the director of contracts for Madison Springfield.

She met her husband David, who was also an active duty Airman during their first duty assignment at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. They were married in 1988 and have one son,
Devon. They continue to live and work in the Tampa area.