Dale Daniels:  

Like many, I left town not long after graduation. I joined the Coast Guard in November of 1977 and retired after 27 years in December 2004. Lots of good time being stationed up and down the East Coast between Jacksonville, Fl and NYC. Beach Haven NJ and Ocracoke Island were among the areas I was stationed. One of the positions I held was as an instructor conducting law enforcement, damage control and shipboard firefighting training on units from Maine to Texas, The Great Lakes and the Caribbean. One particular trip made was to Guinea and Guinea-Bassau on the west coast of Africa to conduct fisheries enforcement training. It was interesting that the vessels that these countries were using were from the U.S , Russia(Soviet Union), and Communist China. You see this trip took place in the Mid 1980's so the world powers were doing what they could to sway your direction politically. I was stationed in NYC from August 1984 until 1998. I met my wife, Teri, while stationed there and both our sons, DJ (31) and Drew (29) were born there. We transferred to Hampton Roads in 1998 and I finished up in 2004 as a Senior Chief Petty Officer. I attended college two semesters in 05, attended Chesapeake Police Academy for six weeks, but a knee injury put me out, so it was back to college until graduation in August 2007. I worked in Facilities Management at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center from September 2007 until November 2018. I went from starting out as a floor mechanic and worked my way up to the Director of the department. Starting January 2019 I began a new position at UF Health in Jacksonville, Florida. As a Life Safety Spec...Expand for more