Major Mark Dibrell has been involved with Special Olympics Texas since 1999, when a fellow teacher at his school asked him to bring his Jr ROTC cadets to help out with a local meet.  As a result, Major says “I got hooked early”.   Every year at Connally High School where he is in charge of the Air Force ROTC program, he and his cadets organize and run a local basketball tournament and track & field meet at the school.  He serves on the Spring Games planning committee and on the day of the event he and his cadets are kept busy serving as the equipment team.  When Equestrian competition comes around, he takes his cadets to present the Colors during Opening Ceremonies.  Although Major loves his job, he states that if possible he wishes he could do community service projects full time because he gets  a sense of fulfillment when doing so.  Early in his Air Force career he flew B-51 bombers, but now his passion is riding his Harley whenever he can.