Stuart Lindfors:  

Hello Visitors! I got to this website by Gary Mills who got a hold of my e-mail and made contact. So, the quick scoop for those who are interested: I joined the Navy in my junior year at Millbrook and went to basic at the end of our senior summer. I made a conscious decision when I got on the plane to quit screwin' around and have manged to make it to 41 in fair shape. I graduated from the Navy Nuclear Engineering program and traveled the world on the USS Enterprise (CVN-65). After a NORPAC (Northern Pacific), a WESTPAC (Western Pacific) and a World Cruise (departed Alameda, CA and arrived Norfolk, VA, the long way!) we dry docked in Newport News, VA, in 1990. In 1991 I was drawn by some force into the local Army recruiter's office and soon found myself low crawling through a sand pit in Warrant Officer Candidate School on my way to flight school. A year later I was flying UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters for the 101st Airborne Division. I later completed the UH-60 Test Pilot course, followed by a year in Honduras and a subsequent assignment with the 101st. By then I was married and had a daughter on the way so put in my papers and headed for the airlines. I did not want to stop serving in the military so the day after I got off of active duty I signed in the the Kentucky Army National Guard. That was one of the smartest things I've ever done. I flew jets for Comair full time and performed PIC (Pilot in Command) duties for the guard part time until September 2004 when I took military leave from Comair to deploy to Balad, Iraq. I found that I missed being full time military and, after returning in November 2005, I put in a packet to return to active duty. Fortunately, a full time, or AGR (Active Guard / Reserve) position opened up in the KY Guard and I now fly one of the ugliest aircraft in the Army inventory, the C23 Sherpa. On 01 January 2007 I had sandy boots for a second time (it was a warm 120 degrees when when got off the plane and ...Expand for more