Daniel Eakin:
CLASS OF 1980
West Valley High SchoolClass of 1980
Yakima, WA
Wide Hollow Elementary SchoolClass of 1976
Yakima, WA
Daniel's Story
Not that anyone cares :) but after High School I went off to Washington State University and got a degree in Business Admin, Econ minor. I did two years of advanced ROTC while there and received my commission as a 2nd LT in 1982, and served as an infantry officer until I graduated, at which time I switched to aviation and went to the U.S. Army flight school in Alabama. I then attended the maintenance test pilot school in Virginia, and then went to my duty post of Ft. Lewis, WA. I left the service in July of 1990, as a Captain, only to have Iraq invade Kuwait two weeks later. They evidently didn't have a pressing need for UH-1H pilots, so I wasn't called back up. It may sound strange, but I had been in the service in case just such an event arose, and once I'm out, it happens, and I'm not there. My wife Diane was happy though, since we had our first child by then, born i...Expand for more
n April of that year, and she didn't want me to go. Now we have 5 total (5 year old boy, 10 year old girl, 13 year old girl, 15 year old girl, and 18 year old boy). We now live in Stanwood, WA on part of the farm property my wife owns. We have the usual assortment of horses, ponies, ducks, chickens, dogs, cats, fish, hamsters, etc...
After the service, I went into law enforcement (probably due to the trauma of being hung up by my belt in the senior hallway my freshman year: you know who you are and I'm coming for you!), and have been doing that for over 17 years now. I started out in Kitsap County as a Deputy Sheriff, and now I'm here in Snohomish County doing the same thing.
Life's been good to me, not much to complain about, but I do miss the sunny weather of Yakima since all it seems to do is rain on this side of the state.
Anyway, hope I didn't bore anyone too much.
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