George Gargus:  

After just barely graduating fro AHS and a brief and unsuccessful attempt to avoid the draft by enrolling in NVCC, I joined the Air Force. Radar Tech School at Keesler AFB, Biloxi Mississippi, and off to Clarke AFB, the Philippines. I was honorably discharged on April 1, 1970, and have had an enhanced appreciation of April Fools day ever since. The best thing about being in the Air Force was having the opportunity to learn scuba diving on coral reefs in the crystal clear waters of the South China Sea. That is where I did the underwater photography that led to my next phase. Eventually I enrolled again in NVCC, got my AAS in Graphic Arts and Photography, and was invited to apply for the job of Photo Lab Manager and Teaching assistant. This was a very good fit for me and I stayed in that job for 33 years, retired in 2007. I always loved working with my hands so I stayed involved with the model airplane hobby and then got interested in sailing. After spending a week on night watch sailing to Bermuda on a decrepit 27 foot wooden sailboat with a drunk Irishman and a drunk German fellow, I somehow decided that sailing was for me! So, if you ever happened to turn around in the cul de sac at the the end of Wayne Drive in Annandale between 1978 and May of 1981 you might have seen me working on the 32 foot deep keel sailboat (designed for single handed sailing, on commission by Jerry Cartwright) in the front yard of my parents home. I launched "New Moon" in May of '81 and lived aboard off and on over the years while docked at Hartge's Yard in Galesville, MD, commuting to work the afternoon and evening shift, Never ...Expand for more