Quote Originally Posted by dmp View Post
Make that TWENTY years ago. Had I stayed in from my initial enlistment, I would have retired Saturday, 5 May 2012.

In the twenty years since-passed I feel i've lived several lives. To think about who I was at age 19, and to bring my thoughts to the various high points in my life, i dunno...Maybe I'm too young to feel nostalgic about my life, but that's where I am. Do I feel accomplished? No. No I feel I've achieved a level of success? Not really. But, each day I get up is a blessing; the steps I took back two decades ago changed my life forever.

Time sure flies, huh dmp?

Next week, on the 15th of this month, in 1964. I stepped off my first passenger jet ride in Chicago, and started Navy Boot Camp at GREAT LAKES RECRUIT TRAINING CENTER.
I still have the receipt for the civilian clothes I sent home to Pennsylvania.
Some things are Never forgotten. Even 49 years later.
I retired in September, 1995.