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Colonel (Retired) Paschal English was the guest speaker at the Georgia Air Guard Commanders' Conference in January. The retired Georgia Guardsman gained fame last year as one of the last remaining castaways on the "Survivor" television series. He related to the Air Guard senior leaders the lessons he learned after being stranded without food and shelter for 39 days while the nation watched on television. Pictured above, "Pappy," as he became known on the series, poses with Maj. Gen. Wick Searcy, commander of the Georgia Air National Guard.