Steven Dundas:  

Life This won't surprise anyone who knew me at Edison. I am a Navy Chaplain and Priest in a Episcopal/ Anglo-catholic Church. I spent 17 1/2 years in the Army and Army reserve. I went up to Major doing enlisted, officer and chaplain time. Went to the Navy in '99. I graduated college in '82, seminary in '92, worked as Trauma department Chaplain at Parkland Hospital, Dallas, TX. Got married to Judy Keiser from Franklin (79) in '83 and are still together. Since coming in the Navy I've served with the 2d Marine Division from '99- 2001, served as chaplain of USS HUE CITY, a cruiser named after the battle of Hue in the Vietnam war from '01 to October '03. I was featured on the TV show "Profiles from the Front Line" in March '03 while deployed in the Persian Gulf. I served with the Marine Security Force Battalion in Norfolk, Virginia and spent 3 years visiting Marines in 11 different sites worldwide, from the fenceline at Guantanamo Bay Cuba, Europe, Middle East and the Far East. I've traveled all over the US, Europe and Asia and even served as a exchange officer with the German Army in 1998. It is really wierd feeling for me to have a new sailor or Marine come in to the office and tell me that they were born in 1985 or 1986, or a young officer tell me that they were born the year I enlisted (1981). Always glad to hear from folks from Edison as well as those who I served with in the military. I stay in touch with a few folks from Edison and some of those I've served with in Military. I've lived in TX, WV, PA, NC, FL, KY, IN and RI, and traveled to every state but Mississippi and Vermont. I've also lived or travelled in Germany (including East Germany before the wall came down), England, Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Poland, Slovinia, Croatia, Greece, Turkey, Malta, Bahrain, Jordan, Iceland, Romania, Korea, Japan, Okinawa, Jordan, Kuwait and Iraq since graduating from Edison. I've been off the coast of a lot of other places too. I'd been to East Germany before the Berlin Wall came down and into North Korea in the Korea Armistice building at Panmujon. I love to travel and have found something to like everywhere that I have been. I was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in April 2006. I'm now assigned to EOD Group 2, and should remain the the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. In March 2007 I went to Jordan where I attended the Jordanian Army Peace Operations Training Center and the Arabic Cultural Awareness Course, while there I went to the Jordan River and Mt Nebo. I just got back from Iraq where I served as the chaplain for all the Advisors to the Iraqi Army and Police in Al Anbar Province. I travelled all over the place by air and ground and have seen a lot of good stuff happening while I was there, have met and had dinner with Iraqi military and goverment officials and spoke to the first class of female Iraqi Police trainees in Ramadi. It is really neat when you become friends with people and they have you into thier homes for dinner or tea and you can respectfully and peacefully build friendships. I really came to love and respect the Iraqi people, for all they have been thru over the past 30 plus years they are amazing. They are truly hospitable and gracious in spite of all the suffering they have endured under Sadaam, during the war with Iran and their wars with us and the problems caused by Al Qaida. I do pray that they will have peace and that we will be friends with them like we have been with Germany and Japan after WWII. I would like to go back some day and spend time exploring and visiting those that I got to know in better times. In septemner 2008 I will transfer to the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth VA. My wife Judy and I will celebrate our 25th Wedding Anniversary on 25 June 2008. College I attended San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton CA from 1978-1980. While there I met my wife Judy. My favorite classes were Western Civ with Mr McComb, California History with Mr Bloch and German with Dr Zeller. I was VP of teh German Club as we built it into a campus economic power with twice weekly German candy sales. From there I followed Judy to Cal State Northridge. The most fun was with Judy's friends at the National Center on Deafness. Her roomate Kendra was fun and the three of us along with several others did a lot together, being the only one with full hearing I remember leading groups accross busy streets so we wouldn't get anyone run over. While at CSUN I started ROTC at UCLA and joined the California Army National Guard. I was graduated with my degree in History in 1982 and spent a year doing some graduate work while completing ROTC. My major professor was Dr Helmut Heussler who helped me considerably in my research skills and writing. After 5 1/2 years on active duty I left active duty to attend Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, a Southern Baptist School despite not being Baptist. In fact I was so not Baptist that I came out pretty much Catholic though I didn't know what to do with it at the time. It was all the fault of my Church History Professor, Dr Doyle Young, and several other professors including Dr Smith my Missiology professor and Dr Kilpatrick my Systematic Theology professor. While in seminary I went to Army Chaplain School. I graduated in 1992 with my Master of Divinity (without nuts) and followed ...Expand for more