Mike Peacock:  

Life I was born in a small Bavarian Village in the back of a Lederhosen Factory...blah, blah, blah....walked to school, uphill, both ways... I have been lucky enough to live all over the place. Born in Germany (Dad was military), lived all over the US, and spent about half of my life in Germany. Along the way I made some incredible friends. The number one reason I signed into Classmates is to find/keep in touch with those old friends. Again, I have been lucky...I have hooked up with Kalyn, Billy Cole, and many others. I am looking for so many more...from my school years and from my 25 years in the military. Since I never lived in one place all of my life, it was difficult growing up as a military brat. Now that I am older I see how lucky I was...instead of one set of friends from Kindergarten to present...I have groups of friends from all over the US and Europe. I could get into every little part of my life, but I'd rather you just read this and think: "Hey, Ol' Mike's on the classmates thing...I think I'll get in touch with him"...look, spend the few bucks (no, I don't work for classmates) and write me...or just find me some other way and write. Yes, I wanna hear from you...unless I ticked you off somehow. LOL School North Marion HS, Florida: A great place to finish up my years of school. Living in Salt Springs was great. Have been in touch with a few folks from there..Penny, Scott Brennan, even emailed with Mr. Philbrook a few times. Still looking forward to getting in touch with more old friends...Chris Dockery, Stan Brown, Kim Copeland, Laurie Anderson, anyone from the basketball and baseball teams...and other folks as well. Whatever happened to Ms. Jackson (female coach) and Mr. Salvage..they were good inspirations for me. Was going through the yearbooks the other day...WOW, what hair! I remember the bus ride to the Salty Dawg was like an hour and a half...I remember getting PADDLED as a Senior...Mr. Neasman tore by butt up...if I woulda weighed more than a buck-o-five it would been on...just kiddin'. Nurnberg American HS, Germany: I was devastated leaving here. All my Mom's side of the family is from Nurnberg...but also leaving many good friends like Larry Wall, George Smith, Kalyn, Sue Wall, Tina Marler, Kim McLean, all my friends fom the JV football team and from AYA sports..Albert Santa Ana, Pfisterer, Hannah, Mark McCord, the Suttons, Bobby Price, Ted Petito, Steve Adams, the Hammers, Chevaliers (their Dad coached our baseball team), Pat Spitzer...and so many, many more. I remember a Mr. Slavoski (spelling?) taught Algebra...I knew I wanted to grow up and be a math teacher...who knows, still might! Leesville HS, Ft. Polk Louisiana: I wasn't here long...but made great friends in Billy Cole (in touch with Ol' Billy), Sabine Partin, Tom Doucette and Roberta, Lee and Lum, Robert Lauck, and others. Ft. Rucker Elementary, Alabama: Don't remember too much...had friends like Steve Barton, Bettina Michaelis, and Mr. Patton and Ms. Osteen were the teachers I remember. College Wayland Baptist University...I attended in San Antonio. Most of my friends were assigned at Ft. Sam Houston and were doing it on nights and weekends...like me. I wish I had some college stories...OK, here's one: I went to a full time job each day, and then to class most nights and weekends...UGH! But I finished with a BS and Cum Laude. How ya like me now? Workplace After 25 years in the Army I figured I'd have a tough time adjusting to civilian life....WRONG! This is easy stuff. Go to work...do your job well...and get paid. In the Army I had anywhere from 12 to 250 folks to square away, take care of, mentor, counsel, or whatever...now that can be rough. I loved it...but this civilian thing is good too. I'm a certified/registered Medical Technologist (Laboratory Technologist) and I currently work as the Blood Donor Recruiter for the Armed Services Blood Bank Center - Europe out of Landstuhl, Germany. I am a contractor and work for Lockheed Martin. My job is to establish blood drives and recruit donors to meet the blood need/mission of the military here in Europe. There is no job more rewarding!...Expand for more