I was a PFC/SP4 assistant M-60 Gunner and OJT Medic in 1/75 Ranger Bn in 1979-1980.
No Combat, no Ranger Tab, black beret as earned, Old Scroll HooaaAAHHHH!
My favorite mentor and NCO was Doc William Donovan, I am very lucky to know him.
I have some college, some Nursing School, an EMT certificate, and a few other favorite schools, like Army Airborne and Jungle Operations.
And I'm also a Google Certified Geo3D Developer and a Google Certified KML Developer.
After 24 years of marriage and a beautiful grown-up daughter with her own family, I am now single again.
As a self employed technology worker, I provide clients around the world with a broad span of information technology services.
I work from home in Steamboat Springs Colorado, and when I'm not working I love to cook, snowboard, kayak, prospect for gold, camp and explore the mountains, and hunt for elk.
Why Am I Here ?
In 2005 I met my nephew CPL Casey Owens USMC at an adaptive ski event in Vail Colorado.
Casey was injured in a double-stacked IED explosion in Iraq in 2004, resulting in the loss of both legs and serious TBI and PTSD. He was an incredible mono-skier, the fastest man that I have ever met. Casey shot himself in 2014, to the shock of many in the Veterans' community. He had been a very outspoken Veterans' Rights advocate, and testified to Congress regarding problems with the VA provided medical care that he received.
I think that it was the headaches that finallygot him.
We miss Casey every single day!
Rangers Lead the Way !
