Dr. Puckett had served in the Air Force Reserve briefly with Eighth Air Force headquarters at Barksdale Air Force Base, near Shreveport, Louisiana after leaving active duty. He had been attached for training (historian) with the United States Central Command headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida at the time of his retirement eligibility in 1996 from the reserve program. In addition to three active duty "voluntary call ups" in his last three years of service in the reserves, he had also performed double duty as an Air Force Academy Admissions Liaison Officer from 1989 to 1996 while helping students in both Louisiana and Florida with college scholarship opportunities.

With three overseas active duty assignments in nine years, and concurrent with his civilian education, Stanley Puckett completed Air Command and Staff College in 1985. He later completed Marine Corps Command and Staff College in 1986. Prior to separating from extended active-duty as a reserve officer, Stan had more than 1500 flying hours in the RF-4C Phantom jet (plus about 500 light aircraft hours too). Stan's last active duty assignment was Mission Director for the 7th Air Force Command Advisory Function and Standardization / Evaluation Officer of the joint U.S./Korean Crisis Management Facility.

Stanley Puckett, also Dr. or "Doc" Puckett, was a Free Enterprise Fellow at Grambling State University in Louisiana. Prior to accepting a civil service opportunity in 2001, Dr. Puckett taught as an adjunct professor in business with the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg. He still maintains adjunct professorships with Tampa College in Clearwater, The Union Institute Graduate School in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a consulting professorship with Kennedy-Western University. While in active service with the Air Force, Stanley Puckett taught business and management courses with the Asian Division of The University of Maryland. (Also helped several special interests prepare for both the 1986 Asian Games and the 1988 Olympics preparations taking place in and around Seoul.)

Following active-duty in 1987, he taught one year in a visiting professorship with Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, before joining Grambling State University in Louisiana. He worked briefly as a Realtor for Century 21 while completing his military reserve commitment. This included three separate annual 100+ day "call ups" for active duty in the last three years of reserve duty. Once completed and eligible for reserve retirement, Stan entered a Professional Development Program as a mainframe computer programmer and consultant in early 1997. From 1997 to 2001, Dr. Puckett was an IT consultant with industry with the last assignment as a VisualAge for Java instructor for IBM.

Stanley is married to his (1991 US citizen) wife "Sumi" and they have two children, Thomas Puckett (graduated high school in 2006) and Jacqueline Puckett (Second runner-up to Miss Teen Hawaii and holds title of Miss Jr. Teen Honolulu and Miss Teen Pearl City in 2007), on Oahu in Hawaii which changed to the Tampa Metro Florida area in December 2007. He is the son of Dr. Russell and Dorothy (Hoskins) Puckett, of St. Petersburg, Florida, originally from Sinai, Kentucky.  

Some of the recognition over the past 20 years include biographical listings in: 

2018 & 2019 Marquis Who's Who Lifetime Achievement Award;
Marquis Who's Who Finance & Industry 
Marquis Who's Who in the Southeast 
Marquis Who's Who in America 
Marquis Who's Who in the World 
Sterling Who's Who International, Executive Edition 
International Leaders in Achievement 
Men of Achievement 
Dictionary of International Biography 
and others. 

Awards over the past 20 years include: 

IBM Team Partnership Award 
Presidential Order of Merit 
USAF Meritorious Service Medal 
USAF Commendation Medal 
Squadron & Group Company Grade Officer of the Year 
and others. 

Like many before, I was part of those who served in the United State Air Force during its first 50 years. These years included the Cold War years that ended under President Bush in the early nineties following the Gulf War and the liberation of Kuwait. The service celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 1997 following its activation as a new service branch in 1947. This picture is included for all the veterans who may wish for, but not have a copy.

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