I was born at Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, AL where I lived with my father, mother, and my one younger sister until I was five. When I was between five and six, my father was sent to Takhli Airforce Base in Thailand at the end of the Vietnam war. Before my father left to go overseas, we moved to Concord, AL to be near my mother's parents for me to start school.. My paternal grandfather was still alive at the time and living in Iowa. We lived there until my father returned from Thailand.
When dad came back to the States, he went to Randolph Air Force Base in Texas for training to enter the AF Recruiting Command and we moved to Hill AFB, outside Salt Lake City where I completed the 1st grade. After the assignment at Hill, my father was assigned to the the Decatur, AL recruiting station where I attended elementary school from 2d -5th grades. We moved to Hartselle, AL and my father was promoted and assigned back to Maxwell AFB to complete the last two years of his service prior to retiring. The family stayed in Hartselle, as my parents had just purchased a house and us kids, me and by then my two sisters were in school.
I attended 6th-12th grades at Hartselle Junior High and then Morgan County/Hartselle High School. After graduation, I completed my first 2-years of college at John C. Calhoun Community College in Decatur, AL while commuting to my first position with the U.S. Army Space & Missile Command in the Travel Pay Section of the Pay & Examination Branch of the Deputy Finance Office at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL.
After graduating Cum Laude with an Associates in Business Administration from John C. Calhoun Community College, I took a break from school and continued to work a the Missile Command until 1994 in various capacities. I was promoted seven times in eleven years. During this time, I entered Athens State College, now Athens State University, the oldest institution of higher learning in the State of Alabama and completed my Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1997. I remained in North Alabama until 1998 when I relocated to North Florida (Jacksonville and Fernandina Beach, FL) where I resided until April 2009.
My Florida experience was one of personal growth, challenge, joy and heartbreak. But, I'm hoping that what they say about what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I'm back in Alabama again. I never thought I'd be back but here I am for now. I miss my Florida life: my friends, my professional life, the sea breezes and the sights. As I start the second month of the second decade of the 21st century, I'm ready for the second phase of my life and a second chance to determine my own destiny.
When dad came back to the States, he went to Randolph Air Force Base in Texas for training to enter the AF Recruiting Command and we moved to Hill AFB, outside Salt Lake City where I completed the 1st grade. After the assignment at Hill, my father was assigned to the the Decatur, AL recruiting station where I attended elementary school from 2d -5th grades. We moved to Hartselle, AL and my father was promoted and assigned back to Maxwell AFB to complete the last two years of his service prior to retiring. The family stayed in Hartselle, as my parents had just purchased a house and us kids, me and by then my two sisters were in school.
I attended 6th-12th grades at Hartselle Junior High and then Morgan County/Hartselle High School. After graduation, I completed my first 2-years of college at John C. Calhoun Community College in Decatur, AL while commuting to my first position with the U.S. Army Space & Missile Command in the Travel Pay Section of the Pay & Examination Branch of the Deputy Finance Office at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL.
After graduating Cum Laude with an Associates in Business Administration from John C. Calhoun Community College, I took a break from school and continued to work a the Missile Command until 1994 in various capacities. I was promoted seven times in eleven years. During this time, I entered Athens State College, now Athens State University, the oldest institution of higher learning in the State of Alabama and completed my Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1997. I remained in North Alabama until 1998 when I relocated to North Florida (Jacksonville and Fernandina Beach, FL) where I resided until April 2009.
My Florida experience was one of personal growth, challenge, joy and heartbreak. But, I'm hoping that what they say about what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I'm back in Alabama again. I never thought I'd be back but here I am for now. I miss my Florida life: my friends, my professional life, the sea breezes and the sights. As I start the second month of the second decade of the 21st century, I'm ready for the second phase of my life and a second chance to determine my own destiny.
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