Retired Chief Warrant Officer 5 Pat Leone served as a helicopter aviator in the active Army, and in the Army National Guard and Reserve until his retirement at age 60. Accruing 1500 combat hours in Viet

Nam and Iraq, he also served in cold war Europe and post combat operations in Bosnia, achieving a number of service awards and decorations. Mr. Leone had an extensive parallel career in commercial, corporate, and educational helicopter aviation.