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font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">RAF to Radio Life<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">My passion for aircraft took off early, and<\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">at just 16 | left my hometown of Redcar to <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">join the Royal Air Force in April 1978. After<\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">completing my training, I launched a 24-<\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">year career as a firefighter, serving around<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">the globe and experiencing places most <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">people only dream of. It was an incredible<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">journey filled with unforgettable moments, <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">and I completed my RAF service in <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">February 2002.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">My broadcasting journey began in 1997 <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">while deployed in the Falkland Islands, <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">volunteering with the British Forces <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">Broadcasting Service (BFBS.) Presenting <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">shows and keeping that vital connection to <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">home alive for service personnel and their <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">families was something I instantly loved. I <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">went on to broadcast with BFBS again in <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">Germany, Kosovo, and Macedonia-every<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">time bringing music and morale to those <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">who needed it most.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">After leaving the military, I spent 15 years <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">as a Police Officer with Humberside <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">Police. It meant stepping away from the <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">mic for a while, but I&#8217;m incredibly proud of <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">that chapter and the difference I hope I <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">made to the many people I met along the <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\">way.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derrick Rodwell RAF to Radio LifeMy passion for aircraft took off early, andat just 16 | left my hometown of Redcar to join the Royal Air Force in April 1978. 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