Jeffry C. Bailey:  

After graduation, I went to Indiana Central College (University, now U-Indy) to major in Music Education. I met & married my 1st wife while there, but ran out of money & left Indiana Central. I took some jobs as a substitute teacher, where I found that teaching wasn't for me. I did a number of jobs (retail, warehousing, etc.) & ended up at RCA Records, where I later began as an apprentice Machinist. Unhappy at the idiots in charge at RCA I joined the Army (as an Armor crewman) right at the end of the "Great Ice Storm" of Jan '78 & spent 5 1/2 yrs. at Fort Knox, KY. I was picked for a very high-level experimental tank gunnery project. In '83 I was stationed in Fulda, (then West) Germany in the 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry. I was divorced & then a couple years later I met & married a wonderful Scottish lass, Billie. I was sent to the Army's M1/M1A1 Master Gunner School & graduated as the Honor Graduate of my class. Right as the 1st Gulf War began heating up I was transferred to Fort Riley, Kansas in Headquarters Troop, 4th Armored Cavalry. I was the (acting) Platoon Leader, then as the (actual) Platoon Sergeant of all the 4th Cavalry M1A1 (Heavy) tanks. After Desert Shield became Desert Storm, I led the 1st platoon of Coalition tanks into Iraq & Kuwait. A little more than a year after Desert Storm I left the Army thanks to budget cutbacks. I worked as a truck driver, then as the Indiana Manager of City Transfer Service of Detroit but based here in Indy. Great job, but not enough ca$h...Expand for more