Jody Morris:
CLASS OF 1983
Roger B. Chaffee High SchoolClass of 1983
Bermuda,
Ohio State University - EngineeringClass of 1993
Columbus, OH
Jody's Story
Life
1983-1988 Went to OSU (OHIO STATE U.) Studied Aero Engineering. Did summer Jobs at NASA Site in BDA.
1988-1989 Flunked out of school (final semester to boot)
Held various odd jobs. Joined US Army in August 1989 as an aeroscout observer (kind of like an enlisted co-pilot)
Stationed in Chunchon Korea March 1990 to August 1992.
Missed out on the Gulf War. Met my wife, Huija, in 1990.
Got out of the Army in 1992. Father, George Morris, died soon after in October 1992. Parents had retired and moved to eastern Kentucky in 1988.
Went back to OSU, finally finished a degree in 1993 (BS. aviation business). Brought my wife over from Korea, got married on my mom's (Clara) front yard in KY, July 3, 1993. Showed my wife a true redneck good time. Spent July 4 shooting guns off the b...Expand for more
ack porch and had our own fireworks in the evening.
Wife wanted kids, so I went back into the Army in 1994 (as a Cavalry Scout). Couldn't afford kids otherwise.
Daughter, Catherine, born 28 August 1996. Son, George, born 15 August 1998. Then I got fixed (vasectomy).
Mom, Clara, died October 2005.
Places I've been stationed:
1990-1992 Chunchon Korea
1994-1997 Fort Stewart, Georgia
1997-1998 TongDuChon Korea
1998-2001 Fort Hood, Texas (8 months in Bosnia)
2001-2004 Fort Knox, Kentucky (as a Drill Sergeant)
2004-2008 Fort Hood TX, two tours in Iraq in 4 years: 8 months in Baghdad and 15 months in Balad.
2008-2010 Fort Knox, KY as an instructor this time.
2010-Stationed in Korea in July 2010. In 4-7 CAV at Camp Hovey. Plan on staying in Korea for 2-3 years then retiring.
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