Colonel Oreste Varela, of East Longmeadow, Mass. and previously of Bayonne, retired June 1 after 30 years of service with the U.S. Air Force Reserve.Varela served at McGuire Air Force Base in Trenton; Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station in New York; and Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Mass. He was deployed to the Persian Gulf on three occasions, spending time in United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Qatar. He is the husband of Karen Varela (nee: Giteles); the father of Jose and Genevieve; and the son of Joseph and Evelyn Varela. He graduated from Marist High School and St. Peter’s College where he studied small business administration.
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