| a brief overview
as I read this back to myself, I am amazed and will understand those that would doubt me and mine, but these are the words and are a very brief history of me and mine....
My great-great-great-great grandfather on my fathers side was in the Civil War from start to finish...he was one of General Grant's First Sergeant’s at the Surrender at Appomattox...on my mothers side, My great-great-great-great grandfather served with Mosby's Rangers and died late in the war from disease...
On my wife’s side, her grandfather served in WW1 as a mechanic in Europe……
And his brother was killed as a dispatch motorcycle rider the last day of the war by a sniper while carrying word and dispatches of the Armistice...later his brother had to ID the body after 6 months interred....
One great uncle was Infantry in the Aleutians and survived, another was a Ranger and climbed Pont-du-hoc on D-Day, and was killed in the Battle of Hürtgen Forest.
My father was a Navy CPO Navy flight electronics on the old DEW line Super Connie’s...they didn't issue parachutes because the Super Connie’s were so far out over the Pacific there was no to rescue them in time anyway
I was a USAF Senior Airman stationed at Pope AFB as part of a Red Horse Team and "Prime Rib" team (light construction and heavy construction...we were to set up a fully operational airfield while under fire and to fight, if necessary, which included revetments and fuel bunkers and Tower IN 72 HOURS...later I got out and went back into the U.S. Army...I was a 11b (infantry) and 12b (combat engineer), and 54b (NBC NCOIC)...
Since then I have worked in a wide variety of jobs as a wildcatter, wielder and worked in 3 major National Banks...My wife is a HIGHLY specialized tertiary care OBGYN Nurse….
...I have 4 children, two at home (Boy and Girl) and two serving (Boy and Girl) ...both that are serving are the first EVER Officers in the entire long family history, one is Air Force and one is Army...both are combat arms...
and we, as a family in heritage and history, have served both the English Crown and the US Constitution (hence the name "Black Watch"), and I can wear the tartans if I would choose too.
My next oldest son carries a 3.5 GPA and is to be Airborne Ranger. My youngest wants to be a Surgeon....
We are Appalachian Scots-Irish ‘Rednecks’, to the bone... |