Fine living
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t was 10 years ago when Joy Rave first saw the stately stucco houses standing along the Normandy neighborhood’s tree-lined streets. And she knew, as her
husband, Michael, rose through the Army’s ranks, that this was where she would like to live. Joy Rave got her wish. Today,
Michael is a colonel and the assistant commandant of Womack Army Medical Center. The Raves reside at 7 Adams St., in one of the two-story homes exclusively occupied by generals and full colonels.
30|February/March • 2009
It’s the most prestigious address on Fort Bragg – Michael and Joy Rave call it home By Frances Hasty
Normandy is the most prestigious
address on Fort Bragg. No. 1 Dyer St. has been home to commanders of the 82nd Airborne Corps from Bowley to Austin, with McClosky, Honeycutt, Devers, Hodge, Hickey, Westmoreland, Throckmorton, Tolson and Shelton in between. The historic Normandy neighborhood
lies between the Main Post Chapel and the Officers’ Club and is part of the Old Post District. Constructed between 1927 and 1939, the district is a planned community that includes administrative offices, family housing, and community and recreational facilities interspersed
