Flowers, James, “Flowers, James (Interview outline and video, 1 of 2), 2014,” Digital Collections, accessed April 6, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/28879.
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Flowers, James (Interview outline and video, 1 of 2), 2014
Jim Flowers was born in Muskegon, Michigan in 1963. After he graduated high school, enlisted in the Air Force and did a tour on a strategic air command base on Guam. Back in the US, he completed college while still in the Air Force, and then spent a few years in civilian jobs before entering the Michigan National Guard in 1991. Commissioned as an officer in 1993, he eventually took a full time position with the Guard, and deployed to Iraq in 2003 and to Afghanistan in 2007 and 2012. He currently commands the 507th Engineer Battalion based in Kalamazoo, Michigan.