Meet the Member Lonnie Guyton

July 22, 2016

story courtesy of Dan Stewart Event: Bull Riding Branch of service: US Army Years of service: 17 Duty Stations: Fort Riley, Kansas Fort Sill, Oklahoma Fort Hood, Texas Fort Irwin, California Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri Lackland Air Force Base, Texas Camp Dodge, Iowa Camp Shelby, Mississippi Deployments: 4 Years in Rodeo: 35 Associations: Pafra, (present), Prca (past), Ipra, (past), Cbr (past), Bpir (past), Wspbr (present) Acra, (present) Kpra, (past) Cpra…

Meet the Member Staff Sergeant Gayden L. Pollan

July 1, 2016

story courtesy of Dan Stewart Military Bio: I joined the USAF before graduating high school via The Delayed Entry Program. Upon graduating high school, I went active duty. Upon completion of basic training, I was stationed at Sheppard AFB where I completed my training to become a Medical Laboratory Technician. This was the career path I had chosen so that I would be able to progress to become a viable candidate for the Air Force…

Meet the Member: Shawn Day

May 20, 2016

story courtesy of Dan Stewart Shawn Day retired from the US Army after 21 years of service. He served with numerous units throughout his career. Most notably the 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) and the 101st Airborne (AASLT). He spent the first17 years of his career serving as an Infantryman holding positions from rifleman to platoon sergeant. He deployed to Bosnia in support of peacekeeping operations in the spring of 1997 to help stabilize a war…

Meet the Member: Military and Rodeo

October 28, 2015

story courtesy of Adam Pollard USMC What started out as a conversation between four friends in Eastern New Mexico and West Texas is now a premier rodeo association that caters to the military cowboy and cowgirl.  In 2000, three Air Force Master Sergeants and a retired Army Sergeant Major wanted to organize a military rodeo association that would closely adhere to the same professional qualities they had grown accustomed to in the United States Military. …

Meet the Rodeo 2015 PAFRA World Finals

October 9, 2015

story courtesy of  Adam Pollard USMC Professional Armed Forces Rodeo Association 2015 Season is complete.  Our Military cowboys and cowgirls have been competing all season for the honor to compete in PAFRA 2015 World Finals Rodeo. PAFRA is the premier Military Rodeo Association.  Competitors come from all over the world to compete for the prestigious honor of being crowned WORLD CHAMPION.  PAFRA is the only Military Association to crown World Champions. PAFRA is a world-wide…

Meet the Member: Joe Baker

September 24, 2015

story courtesy of  PAFRA Joe Baker joined the Missouri Army National Guard in November 2005 and is currently serving today. Joe has been deployed twice, the first which was in 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as a 31B and again in 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in the horn of Africa as a 11b stationed in Camp Lemonier Djibouti. He is also a 2013 graduate of Drury University Law Enforcement Academy,…

September 4, 2015

story by Angelia Kerkhoff MSG Jerry Casey from Sanger, Texas retired from the United State Army after 30 year of total service. During his period of service he had been deployed for tours in both combat and combat supported missions and other security efforts. He served as an Air Traffic Controller, Psyops, Recruiting, Retention and other duties assigned in support of the USA. All his life Jerry has competed in rodeo from bull rider to…

Meet the Member – Shelbie Parrish

August 20, 2015

story by Angelia Kerkhoff Shelbie Parrish is the daughter of retired Sergeant First Class Carroll Parrish, also known as Bubba. Bubba served ten and a half years in the infantry and then was reclassified to an armor tank commander for nine and a half years.  After retirement, he continued dealing with the Army as a civilian contractor. He deployed numerous of times to Iraq and Afghanistan supporting his unit dealing with the Blue Force Tracker.…

Meet the Member Steele Blake Schwonke

August 6, 2015

story by James Hastings Bullrider Steele Blake Schwonke, 24, grew up in Millbrook, Alabama but lived for about nine years in Azle, Texas. He was extremely talented from a young age at bowhunting both fish or deer and competed in several tournaments. Hunting along with rodeo is a huge passion for Steele and he owns his own hunting company Crimson Addictions, www.CrimsonAddictionscom. His real name is Steele but people think its Blake which is actually…

Meet the Member Rodeo Alaska

July 16, 2015

story by James Hastings For those of us fortunate enough to call Alaska home, the Rodeo life is a special blessing and a hard earned habit to keep up. From the long winters months of snow and ice and little to no daylight to the glorious days of summer that sometimes seem to have no end, we find ourselves doing whatever it takes to keep the tradition alive and growing. The PROFESSIONAL ARMED FORCES RODEO…

Meet the Member KG Slone

June 5, 2015

Story by Rob Shilaikis   Originally from Hale Center, KG Slone grew up in Lubbock, Texas before enlisting in the United States Army in 2000 as an Infantryman or better known as 11 Bravo. A little known fact is the infantry is the main land combat force and backbone of the Army. They are responsible for defending the United States against any threat by land, as well as capturing, destroying and repelling enemy ground forces.…

Meet The Member Danny Stewart

May 21, 2015

story by Angelia Kerkhoff Danny Stewart is a 22 year retired Unites States Air Force MSgt/E7.  He was assigned to numerous installations in Mississippi, Alaska, and Georgia.  In addition, while assigned in Georgia, Danny spent the majority of his time traveling for temporary duty to destinations around the globe, staying anywhere from 30 to 180 days at each installation. Although Danny had been around horses most of his life, while in the military and traveling…