Stan Knight:  

STORIES…all of us, everybody, has a story…or many stories to tell. My adult chapters begin shortly after graduation day…1966; Joining the U.S. Air Force, almost immediately, one could have found me in Mississippi, Southern California, Arizona, Las Vegas, Germany and yes, also could have found me in Southeast Asia. 14+ years in the Air Force was eventful, and was fun. It set the stage for the rest of my career/s. Marriage lassoed me in the early, early 80’s and shortly after we found ourselves with an aerospace company working a Air Force project just outside Cambridge, U.K. We would be there for eight years…all three children were born in England, the eldest daughter was born in an 18th Century Workhouse, the kind described in OLIVER TWIST. The twins, a boy and girl, were born in a regular old hospital… interesting thing there though, they were supposed to be born on July 23rd, but got delayed because 23rd was day prince Andrew and Fergie were to be wed! Hmmm? So they were born on the 24th. While living in England, I was able to participate with an Anglo-American Chorus. We sand in some of the oldeest churches and amphitheaters in the country. Spring and summer shows were fun...the ones in the dead of Winter wer not so much fun. PAINFUL is more the proper feeling! Again we were there for 8 years. Coming back to the States in early 1990, we found ourselves in Colorado Springs, CO. If you recall, later that year an event began over the Persian Gulf which demanded attention from most of the world. I got to take that trip without the family. January –early May of ‘90’ I found myself in a tent with 20 other grown men…, yep, all with stories. Returning to Colorado in early May, I found my marriage had really gone south. I realize it didn’t help that I was gone so much up to that point, but that is a different story. As it happens, my company sent me back to the Persian Gulf area, this time to a small island nation called Bahrain. The first trip to Bahrain was to last about 6 months. And upon returning to Colorado…well, as the story goes, the marriage was really shot. The position in Colorado was gone too. My company moved me to North Carolina, spousal unit and little ones stayed in Colorado. Much of ‘92’ was spent going back and forth from N.C. to CO. to do ‘D’ thing. Most of ‘93’ was spent going back and forth from N.C. to the Middle East with a side trip to Somalia in September of 93. That was a very bad trip. Many of you probably vaguely remember events of early October, 1993. I was there, with those guys…another war…another story. Upon returning to the States, news reached me that an office with the Department of navy was trying to rea...Expand for more