John Saunders:  

Life '77 was a long time ago. What have I been up to since then? Well... After working in Surgery at Suburban Hospital from 77-83 (Mell Sales helped get me that job) I joined the Navy; became a Medical Laboratory technician; became stationed on the USS Iowa, Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Bethesda Maryland; got married and transfered to South Carolina. Got divorced (no kids thank God), remarried 2 years later to a much better person, then moved to Lexington (was out of the Navy then) where my brother and I were in the HVAC business together. The HVAC business didn't work out, so with the help of Butch Vertrees (ran into him at Wal-Mart, there in Lex.) I started working with him at Koorsen Protection. After a few months of struggling with all the bills, my wife, Allison, talked me into going back into the Navy where we then went to San Diego for a new Navy job as an Independent Duty Hospital Corpsman (sort of like a Physicians Assistant job where among other things physically examined patients and wrote prescriptions). Then began my career with the USMC stationed in Okinawa, Japan for 3 yrs, moved to the Eastern Shore of Virginia and was stationed at NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility near Chincoteague, VA working independently while my boss was located 140 miles away at The Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD (another 3 yrs). 9-11 happened while there. The Navy responded with creating special Mobile Security Groups (highly-mobile, 3 small boat units fitt...Expand for more