On December 10, 1985, when I was working At the Directorate of Matériel, 593rd Area Support Group, Fort Lewis, Washington, three things occurred on one eventful day. First, the deputy…
I had transitioned into my role as the chief of the Matériel Readiness Branch in the office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Matériel, 19th Support Command, Camp Henry, Korea,…
When I served as the Chief of the Armament Maintenance Branch for the Deputy Chief of Staff, Matériel, 19th Support Command, Camp Henry, South Korea, my first major project was…
About two weeks after I settled into my new role as Chief of the Armament Maintenance Branch for the Deputy Chief of Staff, Matériel, 19th Support Command at Camp Henry,…
When I was in the Ordnance Officer Advanced Course at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, I had two habits that my fellow classmates noticed almost immediately after the first class started. …
How do you tell somebody that it’s over and that you’re never going to see them again? That sounds like a pretty tough question, doesn’t it? Well, let’s make it…
While I was assigned to the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) headquarters at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, I was also working on my bachelor’s degree completion program. Essentially,…
I encountered a verifiable mountain of red tape when I went through the process of completing the paperwork required to marry a foreign national while I was in the Army. …
When my wife and my daughter and I first came back from Korea, I really made an honest attempt to give my parents ample time to get acquainted with my…