Lt Col. John R. Mazzitello, Eng ’92, retired from military service after 22 years. He was on active duty for the U.S. Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Alaska Air National Guard and Minnesota Air National Guard. He had six permanent assignments and five deployments, most recently to Bagram Airfield in Afghani-stan. His last assignment was as commander of the 148th Civil Engineer Squadron for the Minnesota Air National Guard in Duluth. He is public works director and city engineer for Mendota Heights, Minn., where he lives with wife Lari Anne and daughter Kyria Lea, 8.