I retired from the Army on May 1st, 2002 and was sworn in as a civilian Police Chief in the same ceremony.
Served two years as a Chief of Police at Austin Peay State University outside FT Campbell, then 5 years with Wackenhut Services Inc--the last 4 as Chief of Security Police, Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral.
The smoke cleared, the family got sorted out, and I had a chance to get back into the fight, with the support of my bride who is still a great "Army wife."
Spent 2009 as Country Program Manager, MPRI's Law Enforcement Professionals in Iraq, then with the 101st and my son (4/10th Mtn) heading there--took the same position in Afghanistan from 2010-2011.
After 24 out of 27 months in Iraq and Afghanistan, I headed back to Ellen, the townhouse in Satellite Beach, and some time out on our boat for some extended trips including Key West.
Other Comments:
Grateful to have packed so much into a 20-year career and despite that short time, I am the only MP Officer in history that commanded an MP Station, a combat support MP Company, a CID Crime Lab, a Confinement Facility, and a Battalion (Provisional).
Thank God for the leaders I had (three in the MP Hall of Fame); the NCO's I served with (three who became Regimental Command Sergeant Major); and--especially--thank God for our soldiers. Just from my 108th MP Co command alone--My former XO became a Brigade Commander, my PFC-driver became a Lieutenant Colonel, and one of my PFC / M60 Gunners is became the Regimental Chief Warrant Officer of the MP Corps.
The 14th Military Police Brigade was first activated as the 14th Military Police Group in Mannheim, Germany on 25 June 1965. The group was reorganized 10 June 1968 at Fort Meade, Maryland to provide support to the nation's capital until it was reactivated and returned to Germany at Moehringen, Germany on 16 November 1981. It was reorganized and redesignated as the 14th Military Police Brigade on 16 August 1985 at Wilkin Kaserne, Kornwestheim, Germany.
