Derek Nelson:  

Hello everyone! A little blog of info for you... Graduated Mesa State College, Grand Junction Colorado in 1992 with a BA in Social Behavorial Sciences, emphasis in Criminal Justice. 1992 - Joined the Air Force as a Law Enforcement Specialist (now known as Security Forces). I have lived in Minot, North Dakota; Frankfurt and Geilenkirchen, Germany; and Albuquerque and Alamogordo, New Mexico. I ran into Amy Cooper and her Mom at Rhine-Main back in 1994/95. It was nice to see someone from back home. I am the proud father of triplets born in Mainz, Germany on September 10, 1995. The year of 1996 is not a good memory for me, my father passed away in early Februaury 1996 and, unfortunately, shortly therafter my eldest son passed away in late February 1996 at 6 mos. 2001 - I attended the Department of Defense Military Working Dog Handler School. I worked a patrol/explosive detector dog for four years. I was one of many dog teams to support the 2002 Winter and Special Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. I have conducted several Presidential support taskings with the US Secret Service and several Department of State Dignitary Protection Missions while DV's or their family members toured the US. In August of 2001 I was married. I had a son born in the Netherlands on Febuary 8 2001. A daughter on February 4 2003. On January 9, 2008 after seven yrs of marriage, I am now divorced. My ex-is also active duty AF and we have two children together; Hunter and Hailee. Unfortunately military life is tuff with one spouse employed by the armed services just imagine two. December 2002-June 2003: I deployed with my military working dog(MWD), "Blacky" in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), and supported the first t...Expand for more