Gary Rudolph:  

Served in the Navy from 1964 to 1968 for a little cold war excitement. Traveled extensively, Turkey, Italy, Lebanon, Greece, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Spain, Brazil, Uraguay, Cuba, Bermuda and the rest of the Caribbean. Very interesting but very tiring as well when cramming 20 years worth of travel and adventure into 4 years. Wouldn't do it again but wouldn't trade it for anything either. Could never have finished college had I not served my time in the military and I did (very briefly) consider making it a career. Since I served my initial tour of duty on a destroyer I got my fill of the sea right away and since I new how many of those little devils the navy had, I figured the chances of drawing at least one or two more destroyers was very likely. Made a lot of good friends there that I'm still in touch with after all this time. No regrets. Still love to travel and visit friends in England every other year or so. Last trip was August 2007 to East Sussex and to Paris. First trip through the Chunnel. Spent an entire month just driving around the US in 1976 from the Grand Canyon to the Rockies to Bar Harbor Maine. Still vacation regularly in Bar Harbor. My wife, Barb Petit was born in Pasadena CA and graduated from Annandale HS in northern Virginia. She also graduated from William & Mary College in 1972 and Central Michigan U. in 1983. We are both avid gardeners and music lovers. We attended our first concert together in 1972 to see Jethro Tull at Scope in Norfolk although we wouldn't actually meet until 10 years later....Expand for more