Anthony (Tony) Colantuono:  

As of 26 December, 2008: If you remember me, I hope you'll contact me at anthonycolantuono at yahoo dot com and we can go from there. So without further ado, here's my story and I'm sticking to it... I recently retired from the Army after 22 years and now work for Raytheon Corp. as a Live Fire Planner. So that means that I still get to work with Soldiers but now I don't get to shoot guns anymore...bummer!! Anyways, the job pays well and will allow us to see a lot more of Europe and hopefully some of Asia. Retirement was scary to say the least and there were days when I was not sure if I had a job or not but I have faith in God and he looks out for children and fools (I know I am no kid!!) and he blessed me and the wife with this job. So yeah, overall life turned out very well for my wife and me. We both like to say that the biggest sign of our success is the three graduation tassels we have hanging on the mirror of our truck! All of our kids are out of the casa and nowadays we spend a lot of time out with friends our age and with empty nests as well. It's funny how after so many years of rushing through dinner to get back and take the babysitter home, we don't have to do that anymore and it really is relaxing. It's nice to be able to spend time with my girl but the best part of all is that we found out that our kids are not the string that held us together all these years, rather it was our love and committment to each other. Once the house was quiet and we had no one else to talk to when we were at home, it just sort of happened that we fell in love all over again just like when we were young. Ain't life funny? Now for our family... We have a daughter Veronica (25) that was born as I was going into 10th grade at Bassett. She's now married (to a Soldier), has two kids of her own (Adrianna is 3 1/2 and Roberto is 1 1/2) and they all live in Germany, about an hour from us. Currently, my son in law is deployed on his thrid tour to Iraq . Our oldest son, Anthony Jr is 20, a student at Howard College in Texas and plans to become a Teacher, maybe a writer, but surely he will be a success. He's one of those kids that is real smart but doesn't want people to know it because then they will expect him to be smart all the time. Our youngest son is Ceasare, 19. He finished his Army schooling and is now at Fort Bliss, TX. He is a cook but who knows what the Army will have him doing when he deploys (most likely by this summer). He is the serious one, loves kids and is not embarassed to help out with them no matter where he is or who he is with. My family all still live in the L.A. area but my Mom lives in the San Bernardino area. We go home once in a blue moon but the air in Cali makes me sick now and I lost a lot of my street smarts being a soldier for so long. So I sometimes think I am better off not going back at all, except for my Grandma and Aunts, there really is no other reason to go back anymore. If you're STILL reading this and STILL wondering who I hung out with, I hung out with Mario gonzales, Mike Rodriguez, Richard Sanchez, Henry Martinex and a few others on Ardilla Street. I still email Felix Fernandez once in a while. I knew a lot o...Expand for more