Well, ya know, I prolly don't have all the information you'd like to have. He was being a platoon sergent in Germany for 3 years and then in Baghdad for 8 months. He just got back in the states and is stationed at Redstone Arsonal now. Doing weapons testing. I'm kinda thinkin' I need to make a trip over there to see just what he gets to do! I think I could really get into watching him work there. He's only 3 years away from retirement so he's looking at this position at Redstone to help him get a civilian job with some defense contractor when he retires.
Incidently, his dad is also retired army. When his dad retired he became a Los Angeles police officer. The dad just recently retired from there also. Tom was thinking of following in his dad's footsteps in that until this Redstone thing came up. I dunno that I think LA would be the greatest place for him to be doing that. And I don't think I want my grandkids growing up there either!
Tom also has twin brothers in the army. One of 'em is still in Iraq. The other is doing recruiting duty somewhere in California right now.
Ask if they give out any samples. :)
And Tom owes you the names and APOs of his brothers.
I've got 11 knives to go out today. Three to veterans, the other eight to troops in Iraq, or about to deploy. You'll be getting a spreadsheet from me, as soon as I can figure out how to go from a Palm Pilot database to excel, and still keep things looking decent.