Scott Swanson
Sweet Home alum Michael D. Gaskins had served four years in the Air Force and was thinking about getting out and going to college when he had a “defining moment.”
When terrorists slammed jetliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, Gaskins said, he had a change of heart.
When he finally left, on June 1 of this year, he retired after 23-plus years in the service.
Gaskins,…