Aside from a three-and-one-half year stint as Tactical Officer of C Co. and Field Music at Valley Forge Military Academy & College in Wayne, PA, I worked in the publishing industry after retiring from the Army in September 1991. I started out as Executive Editor of Presidio Press, a San Francisco Bay Area book publisher specializing in military history and military affairs. After leaving VFMA&C in the summer of 1998, I became my own boss--using contacts I'd made with Presidio to line up freelance copy-editing projects for several commercial and scholarly book publishers. I finally had to give up work entirely in 2004, however, when my body began letting me down. Fortunately, all of my disabling conditions are either directly or indirectly service-connected--making me eligible for a wide range of VA benefits--without which I'd be up the proverbial estuary without a manipulator!
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For 20 years I lived on Hawaii's Big Island with my wife, Carol, in a subdivision about a mile outside of Mountain View--almost exactly halfway between Hilo and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. However, I moved to Idaho in late July 2019 to settle in the Sagle area not far from the Pend Oreille River. Between the Blue State politics, earthquakes and eruptions, I decided it was time to bid Hawaii Aloha and head for cooler climes! It was a wise decision. I absolutely love it here in the northern Idaho panhandle!
Best Friends 1SG Robert A. Murphy CPT Dave Niedringhaus MAJ Dick Wallace
Best Moment Seeing the turn-around in the company's performance during my brief tenure as CO.
Worst Moment Developing blood clots in my right calf again in July. This time I was required to take anticoagulants for an extended period and that meant I could not go out on field training exercises due to the risk of injury and being too far from medical aid to risk it. Fortunately, COL Landry ensured I was able to remain as CO long enough to complete a full 18 months as a company commander--an essential item for future promotion opportunity.
Chain of Command COL John R. Landry - 3d Bde., 4th ID CO LTC Glenn D. Walker, Jr. - 2-34th AR CO