George Brown:  

Life My time at Simms High School was brief. My father who was career Air Force and stationed at Malstrom AFB in Great Falls, moved our family up to Vaughn when he returned from his tour of duty in Viet Nam in July of 1969. In September of 1969 my cousin got killed in Vietnam and I guess at the time I had some stupid idea about wanting revenge. I didn't care any more about school or friends, I just wanted to go into the service. I turned 17 in November of 1969 and I talked my father into letting me enlist in the U. S. Navy in January 1970 I left Simms High School for the last time and went to boot camp. Following that I went to Bainbridge, MD for advanced training and then to a submarine tender in Charleston, SC. I put in a chit for Vietnam because they had opening for gunners on the river patrol boats. My chief told me it was a stupid idea, and after discussing it I spent the next five years safely tucked away on nuclear submarines. In 1977 I got out of the Navy and moved to Ogden, Utah where I got my associate degree in law enforcement. I worked for a number of years as a cop in Wyoming, and left as the Chief of Police in Marbleton, Wyoming in the mid 1980's. I completed my B.S. at Carter Oak College in Hartford, CT, and my Master's Degree from the University of Connecticut. I recently unloaded my own business because I was pretty burned out. My wife and I relocated from Connecticut to North Central Pennsylvania where I work as a therapist for troubled kids in a residential treatment center. I have worked as a therapist for sex offenders for the past 20 years, and I am also a polygraph examiner. I have slowed down a lot and presently test about three times a month for state and federal probation. I miss Montana a lot and I enjoyed my stay at Simms High School. Obviously I don't remember very many folks after all these years, but I do recall that Mr. McKenna was the Superintendent, and Sterling Nielsen was the bus driver. I spent a lot ...Expand for more