Retired effective 1 Feb 2014. Plan to travel,fish,work around the house and visit my grand kids. 2017 still fish and work in my yard . Had to stop travelling on our trike and just sold it . Haven't seen my grand kids in Colorado for three years . Bad feet and knees on many meds , old age sucks !
August 2019 I had a stroke and lost the use of my whole right side and speech . I have come back to getting around without a cane and can talk fairly good . I can drive and do most things only slowly . I am still getting better and feel half normal .
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Retired from Oklahoma Teachers Retirement system 1 Feb 2014. Drawing Social Security,Retired from Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in 2006 and retired from the Army in 1988. My hobbies are my yard now getting my main attention. Really enjoy going to bed and getting up whenever I feel like ! I still do some bass fishing once in awhile . Still do a few local Bass Tournaments .
Other Memories Had assignment from Vietnam to this unit. Went to Ft MacArthur, CA and got attached to try and change orders. While there I did General of The Army Omar Bradley's and his wife's passport photos. Worked with a SFC that had been a pilot for General Bradley one time during WWII. He had a big break in service. Then on to Ft Hood,TX the 163d MI was a full MI battalion at the time on West Fort and they did not need me. The CSM asked if I wanted to go to the 5th Army NCO Academy as they needed to send someone, so off I went. While there I had been working with the 57th Sig BN and the 163d MI to get moved. I was a E-5 promotable from Vietnam and they had slots open. I got moved once I finished the Academy. While in the 57th we did much work with MASTER. I ended up on the Cammo Testing as photographer and my CO from 101 MI CO in RVN was on it also. I was the photographer on the M60A2 Tank testing and enjoyed that time with them. Got sick of not getting E-6 so changed back to a under strenght by grade MOS, 11B back to the Infantry.
