James McCauley:  

Life Let's see 20 years in 4000 words or less...guess the year is 1986 I graduated from A.J. Dimond High School and went right into the army. Spent the next 3 years at Wiesbaden Air Base in Germany as a medic at the local health clinic. Best to say hi to AR, Sgt. Galloway and Curet, Cas, Robby, etc. all then jump back into 1990 when I got out of active duty. At this time I will not go over those "single years" as it is top secret information (well at least until my kids are 21, so they can not use it against me). Returned to my home state of Colorado where I met and married the first woman to pick me at the bar, actually it's true. I met my wife, Laura, in Colorado and we got married on Halloween 1990. Then for a Christmas gift we found out we were expecting our first son, Nick, at the same time Uncle Sam welcomed me back into the army. I was with the 220th MP company and was called up for Operation Desert Storm / Shield. I ended up working at an EPW camp near Hafer al batin. Saw so much and did to much to fit into this space. The war was a quick one by modern standards with deployment in January and back in April. I got to return to my normal job as an EMT with Fitzsimons Army Hospital. I stayed there until 1993 when I voluntarily went back to the Army as a medic and we got a chance to travel around. First stop was Georgia and Ft. Stewart, I was with the tankers of 1/64 armor (quick shout out to Sgt. Morales). Next to Germany and another health clinic this time at Hohenfels, which was a great experience since my wife, son, and I got to live on the economy (ok a hi to Barbara, Peter, and their families). Laura, Nick, and I got to travel all over and take part in festivals, volksmarches, travel on the Rhein River. We saw King Ludwigs castles, ate some incredible food, and really had a wonderful couple of years. 1997 we had enough playing army and came home to work with the family business in Colorado. I was at Harmony Homes for three years working with indivi...Expand for more