I left Rhein Main in Oct 89 as a buck sergeant (remember those?). Looking back, it was in many ways the best of times. Perhaps it was the location, our mission & those moments in history which make everything about it seem more special than any other assignment. I was never good at keeping in touch with letters. It seems email was definitely invented for me. So when you find this site & email, I promise to reply.

After three years at Rhein-Main, I did an almost three year special duty assignment as cadre member (prison guard) AF Det assigned to the 42nd MP Battalion Ft. Lvn, KS. After that I got married en-route to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ where we spent the last three years of my military career. I was a certified Law Enforcement Shift Chief.

After PCSing (Permanent Civilian Status) as a SSgt late Aug95, I did a very short stint in Yamhill Co. Sheriff's Office. They kept sending me home after 18-19 hrs. This way they didn't have to pay any benefits. But they wanted me available 24/7, always "on-call". I couldn't support a wife & child on $425 per month. As much fun as it was to be the friendly neighborhood fuzz, My wife suggested I go back to what I did before the Air Force. You can read all about that at www.wallpaperpro.com

I married the woman of my dreams & we have three beautiful children. Based in Newberg, OR we live in the famous wine country of the Willamette Valley, southwest of Portland. This Quaker town is now world renown thanks to the '07 comedy "Are We Done Yet?". The movie characters drove north out of Portland along a river which would have put them in Washington state. They called it "Newberg County" and used our trash & recycling cans for the film. But this is actually Yamhill County. As a running gag, they made Newberg famous for it's sturgeon (and you guessed it... we're not). *If you watched the '08 finale of The Amazing Race, you saw a little bit of Newberg when the finalists had to dash from Portland International Airport to Newberg. One unlucky team got the taxi driver who had never heard of Newberg. Are you kidding me?

Over the years things have a funny way of disappearing. Does anyone have a video tape of those hilarious AFN commercials? Some personal favorites are the Grill Sergeant, Energy Rapper, OPSEC/COMSEC series and of course "Life... Be in it!".

Still playing guitar & have a small home studio. Occasionally, I'll do live sound production for the Newberg Relay for Life or Newberg Chamber of Commerce Tunes on Tuesday. I own Beaver Trax Studios & front my own band from time to time. Most of the mementos I have from the Air Force are in the car hole. My briefcase is still stocked with all the forms that were current when I left my last base. It seems like only yesterday when I was a cop. I miss it a lot at times.

The last dispatch of my Air Force career wasn't anything dramatic. It was late afternoon 07Jul95 on a swing shift when I responded to the base hospital. There I met one of our K-9 troops (in civvies) who was being treated for injuries sustained a couple days prior when he and his MWD responded to an incident in base housing. To make a long story short, he was attacked by the resident's pet cat. He was so embarrassed, he didn't want to report it. But the subsequent infections now forced him to seek treatment at the hospital. Not much of an investigation. I saw no reason to bring the cat in for questioning or pursue apprehension for assault on Security Policeman. The blotter entry was made but I never found out if the CSP or base commander giggled or laughed at "SP Assaulted By Pussy"? Case closed.

To be continued...