Ernest Pennington:  

Some years ago, I had added a brief history to my profile, describing major events in my life after having left Rosedale about two months prior to graduation in 1965. I was sent down to finish out my senior year with my step father's parents in Louisiana. Since I started my senior year at Pettus Senior High in Pettus, Texas, that meant I had attended 3 different schools my senior year. I recently created a new account on Classmates because I could not access my old account. Long story made shorter, they removed my old account and my profile, when all I asked was if Classmates could combine the two . . . . We're all in our 70s now, no more fresh-faced 18 year olds. Hopefully, some of you may actually remember me and to you, I wanted to update my profile. If you want to email me, please reach out as I've love to hear from you. epennington at woh.rr. com. After graduation, I went into the Navy and spent 2 1/2 years in school to become a nuclear reactor operator. Long story but after completing the program, I was put on a rocket ship in Vietnam since there were no surface ship nuclear operator positions. I couldn't go on submarines because I am claustrophobic-- no yelling and screaming like in the movies, my body would simply shut down. After the Navy, I went to work for the FBI in Washington, DC as a finger print technician. After that I was a police officer with the Prince Georges County Maryland PD for 5 years. I then left the PD to attend the University of Maryland, then went to Ft. Worth, Texas for grad school. I then worked at Texaco Research Laboratories in Port Arthur, Texas for a couple of years. I left there in 1984 and took a position with E-Systems, as the Chief Pilot and Systems Engineer for their UAV/RPV/Drone programs in Falls Church, VA. I went back to school to work on a Masters of Engineering, with emphasis on Aeronautical engineer. Another long story but I eventually was transferred into the U-2 Program, where I became the Chief Engi...Expand for more