Richard Parkos:  

Graduation in 1970 was followed by a stay at West Virginia University. This was shortened by drawing one of the lower Lottory numbers for the draft. I was accepted into the D. C. Air Guard later to transfer to the Colorado Air National Guard. After 23 years and duty in such locations as Turkey, Hawaii, Panama and finally Desert Storm...I retired as an E-9. During the same time, my civilian life also moved forward. Because of the military move, I decided to stay in Colorado. My focus was toward Law Enforcement where I joined the Colorado State Patrol. Because of better benefits and not having to move about the state, I left the State Patrol and joined the Aurora Police Department. I enjoyed many assignement but none as much as riding a police motorcycle for 9 years and becoming one of a few that excelled in the area of Vehicle Collision Reconstruction. As one of only a handful at this time trained in this area, more doors were now opening. While still in Colorado, I think one of my best memories was putting together the Poolesville High School Class Reunion for classes 1965 - 1975 in June of 1990. This was also the time that our band "The Overwhelming Majority" had the opportunity to play. After finishing the reunion, all the band members stayed at the school till around 2am, not wanting to leave because we knew it would be our last performance. After retirement from both the military and police department, I moved to Jacksonville Florida and became an associate director of Vehicle Collision Investigation tra...Expand for more