Hometown Salute: Rey Ortiz
Mickey Starling
reporter3@greenepublishing.com
Rey Ortiz is a 2001 graduate of Gateway High School, in Kissimmee, Fla. Two weeks after graduating, he enlisted into the United States Air Force, completing basic training at Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), in Texas. He was trained as a civil engineer while completing Tech School.
Ortiz was next stationed at McGuire AFB, in New Jersey, where he served two years. Next was Hurlbert Field, in Destin, Fla., where he was eventually deployed t