Ken (Wayne) Hicks:  

Good lord where to start. Graduated (well, duh). Rhonda & I married 13 Dec 80 & I went off to the USAF 5 days later. Basic Training: Lackland, TX. Dorm Chief (big deal) Tech School (Personnel, what Human Resources used to be called) in Biloxi, MS. Rhonda had joined me, so I got to live off-base. Won the bet for being the first one in my flight to wear jeans, drink a beer, watch TV & get laid (NOT in that order). 1st permanent assignment was 317 TAW, (no hope) Pope AFB, NC. sang and danced in the black history week show my first year there, coached a little wrestling for one of the high schools. Mandi was born in July 81 & "Rocky" (Kenneth Wayne III) followed 11 months later. A very short -1.5 yrs later I got an assignment to Rhein Main AB, GE to play football (semi-pro). After practicing for 4 or 5 weeks I realized I couldn't take it serious and (ahem) told them forget it. THAT went over well. Started performing in the base talent shows and directed a cpl of them. We took the "hard core" talent and basically set up a band with a dozen different vocalists (including my lovely wife). Rhonda got pregnant (well, it didn't "just happen", didn't think I'd have to explain), terrorists try to blow my office up & we left back for the states in 1986. Back at Lackland AFB, TX. 3rd, last, final, no more, that's it Child (Cody) was born. After a cpl/few years, took my honorable discharge (surprising a few folks) and headed to Birmingham, AL to work in a...Expand for more