Brian Reed:  

I always find it difficult to write about myself. At the moment I will focus on major events after high school. COLLEGE I attended the University of Tampa on an Army ROTC scholarship. I majored in political science with a minor in history. I really enjoyed Tampa, and managed to associate with a good group of people while I was in Tampa. That group of people were known as the Pershing Rifles. We had a frat house on campus. Unfortunately, the house was knocked down almost 20 years ago. I still associate with two professors from UT, Rich Piper and Bob Kerstein. ARMY After college I was commissioned and returned to U Tampa as the "Gold Bar Recruiter." I was a Second Lieutenant and was charged with recruiting students for the ROTC program. After about 4 months of that, I went to Ft. Sill, OK for Artillery training. After 6 months at Ft. Sill,...Expand for more