Michael Shapiro:  

Hey everyone. I went active Navy in 1980 and was discharged in 85. I then went to work for Intel I worked there for 4 years. I was married in 89 and had David in 90 and Kevin in 93. Started with the post office in 90. Was going through a divorce in 97 and joined the Navy reserves. I became a SeaBee. We are a construction/combat unit and are attached to the Seals and Marines. I met a woman in 1998 with 2 girls Mariah (90) And Tori (93), It was cool that they were the same ages as the boys. Life was good and we planned to marry in the summer or 05. Well I was deployed to Iraq in 05 so we postponed the wedding. I was injured and sent back home. ( I jumped into a fox hole with a m60 and my knee folded under snapping it, I then fell backwards onto the sand bags surrounding the ammo and broke my back. No we were not under fire it was a training mis...Expand for more