Michael Grogan:
CLASS OF 1981
Sun Valley High SchoolClass of 1981
Aston, PA
State college, PA
Michael's Story
Life
Well, after graduating from Penn State in 1985 I joined the U.S. Marine Corps and married my sweetheart, Joanne Mongiello in 1986. We have lived in many places since then--Arizona, Virginia, Hawaii, California and now Florida. We have three wonderful lads: Zachary, Joshua, and Jacob. I am currently (Dec 2000) finishing up two M.A. degrees in National Security Affairs (Middle East Studies) and International Security & Civil-Military Relations. I was working at Central Command in Tampa, Florida--and later Marine Central Command headquarters--from January 2001 to July 2006. During that time I deployed to Afghanistan (Dec 2001-Apr 2002) with Task Force Bowie; was Officer in Charge of the Joint Interagency Coorination Element-Baghdad with a teams from FBI and ICE (Apr-July 2003); and in several other Middle East and African lo...Expand for more
cations. I transferred to III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan in 2006 and volunteered to deploy with the HQ element oof 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as the Intelligence Advisor for the Regional Security Advisory Command (later renamed Regional Corps Advisor Command) for the Afghan National Army 201st Corps. I spent several months in training and deployed to the Kabul region from Jun 2007-Mar 2008. That was quite an experience, allowing me to contribute to the building of the Afghan nationa nd army, as well as conduct close combat engagements against our enemies. I am back in Japan and looking forward to my retirement after 23 years of service which will bring me back home to Joanne and my boys. I am looking forward to the next reunion to catch up with old friends. Until then, God bless and Semper fidelus.
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