Bruce Eckerson is a retired US Army Aviator and has now been retired for almost 20 years. He was drafted after college and served a one year tour in Vietnam as a helicopter gunship pilot. After the Army he was a corporate airplane pilot and for the last five years has been flying ISR airplanes in Iraq and Afghanistan. He now is flying a limited schedule in the US in support of military exercises.
When he retired from the Army in 1995 he moved to Charleston, WV where he met his wife, Mary Elisabeth. He has two grown sons and two grandchildren. He enjoys golf, tennis, squash, and relaxing at his log home on the WV Greenbrier River.
Bruce has been a member of Edgewood CC in Charleston since 1995 and Bridgeport CC, WV for 5 years before that and is a member in good standing in our Association since 1999.