David Yanik:  

I am back in the US for three + years after spending 12 wonderful years in Wiesbaden Germany. We lived on a relatively quite street among vineyards just west of Frankfurt, along the Rhein River. A job with the US Army Corps of Engineers brought me there after retiring from the Army after 29 years combined reserve and active duty in 2002 as a Lieutenant Colonel. My job brought me to many places, especially Bavaria, managing design and construction projects in support of the soldiers and their families stationed in Europe. During my stay I got to deploy to Iraq for 7 months. This is important because as a soldier I never once deployed to a combat zone during hostilities. I have many stories to tell, left for another time. My wife of 43+ years Lourdes (Lu) accompanied me as well as my youngest Child, Elizabeth who started her schooling in Germany (Heidelberg) when I was in uniform and finished all four years of HS there in Wiesbaden when I returned as a civilian. Liz is now married with 2 of our Grandchildren and lives close to us here in Georgia as her husband Tyler, an Army nurse, is in Germany (Kaiserslautern) (moved in December 2017) prior to a potential deployment. We have an other child, David A who is married, living and working in Canton, OH. He is a Graduate, as is his wife Jill, of Georgia Southern U. They have our other Grandchild, a son Bryce who is 4 years old. They are expecting a second child in Nov 18. After graduation from AWHS I attended Lafayette College, Easton, PA in civil engineering, worked construction on the power plant in East Haven, did a short tour in the Army in Virginia,...Expand for more