Michael Maloney:  

Hello my fellow Columbia HS Blue Devils and St. Ambrosians (is that even a word??...if not...it is now!!:) I sincerely hope and pray that the days, months, and years since we graduated have been relatively serene and filled with an abundance of "life gifts." For the times we all hit our respective bumps in the road...perhaps fell into a few metaphoric potholes...struggled to get out...wondered if it was possible to find another happy day...we did/you did! We are here to tell our stories so many years down the road. I am blessed to be sharing this message with you. I was very excited to discover this site. I had no idea how to seek out faces/names from the past. I knew you had to be out here...somewhere. I just wasn't sure how to find you. So...hello! The past 37 years have been a blessing and challenging at the same time! I have lived, loved, laughed, cried, and scratched my head over the sheer profoundness of what my tears and laughter meant over the years. I lost both of my parents yet brought two new amazing and miraculous boys into this world we share. I am divorced, yet, am an amazing father to my sons. They are my lineage...my immortality. Ian and Aidan Maloney have been my greatest teachers. After I graduated from CHS, I went on to HVCC and graduated with a AAS in Human Services. I enlisted in the military not long after that. Basic Training was at Fort Dix, New Jersey and my AIT was at Fort Sam Hounston in San Antonio, Tx. I worked as a Behavioral Science Specialist. My first duty station was Walter Reed Army Medical Center. While living in the greater Washington DC area at that time, I graduated from U. Maryland with an undergraduate degree in Social Work. My military job and college education were a fantastic fit. I came down on orders during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. I was part of a Combat Psychiatric Triage team. I served for 12 months in Seoul, South Korea with temporary duty assignments in Okinawa, Japan. My last 3 years were with the 24th Mechanized INF Div out of Fort Stewart, GA. I hated it there!! It was time for me to go home. I was in for about 10 years 9 months. I lived a bit of a nomadic existence. After growing up in NY, I wanted to see our country and the world. I planted roots in Colorado, Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and now Florida. I have traveled through/visited 41 out of our 50 states. I have traveled overseas to Scotland, Greece, Turkey, Japan, England and Ireland. I've visited the US and British Virgin Islands. I have traveled by way of commercial airplane, military airplane, bus, train, aut...Expand for more