Christopher “Shrub” Buescher is a retired U.S. Marine Corps Colonel with a background flying the All-Weather Medium Attack A-6E Intruder.  He is a graduate of Oregon State University where he earned a Business degree in Marketing and a Minor in Psychology.  Upon graduation, he was Commissioned in the U.S. Marine Corps and after earning his Wings of Gold, he was assigned to a West Coast Marine Intruder squadron where they did a Carrier deployment to the Indian Ocean on the USS Ranger.  After his Squadron assignment he had the honor of being an Instructor Pilot with the A-6E Intruder Fleet Replacement Squadron at NAS Whidbey Island.  After completion of that assignment, he transferred to the Reserves and was hired by American Airlines where he recently retired after a 30-year career flying the B-727, MD-80, B-757, B-767, B-777, and finally the B-787.  Col Buescher retired from the Marine Corps Reserves in 2011 after 30 years of commission service where his reserve assignments included 2 tours with an Airborne Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company where he earned his Gold Marine Corps Jump Wings, 2 tours as a Civil Affairs Officer which included a tour of duty in Iraq during the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom.  He finished up his career as the Senior Marine Liaison Officer to FEMA Region IX where his final assignment was to Marine Forces Pacific.  He is a graduate of the Army Airborne School, Medium Attack Weapons School Pacific, Crew Resource Management School. FEMA National Incident Management System, Forward Tactical Air Control Party (FAC) School and numerous other schools and courses. He has 288 Carrier Landings on 8 different U.S. Aircraft Carriers, over 2,400 hours flying the A-6E Intruder, and over 16,000 hours flying 6 different commercial jets for American Airlines.

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