19 years and counting

TOP

TOP

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I was going to post this a few days ago but schedule and unforeseen events kept me from posting.

As of December 7, my wife and I have been married for 19 years and still going strong.

While I have not been in the civilian sector of aviation, I was in Army aviation when we met and it's where I remain today. In short, I found one in... some astronomical number. :D
 
TOP said:
I was going to post this a few days ago but schedule and unforeseen events kept me from posting.

As of December 7, my wife and I have been married for 19 years and still going strong.

While I have not been in the civilian sector of aviation, I was in Army aviation when we met and it's where I remain today. In short, I found one in... some astronomical number. :D
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Congrats, Top! No small achievement. Doubly so for your two, given the state of the world.. and the military life. Bravo to you both.

modernicarus said:
Congrats! Married on Pearl Harbor day, huh. Just curious...did she set the date or did you?
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I wonder if they got bombed at the ceremony. Hyuck!
 
modernicarus said:
Congrats! Married on Pearl Harbor day, huh. Just curious...did she set the date or did you?
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Well Actually the Army picked the date for us. To make a long story short, I was supposed to be on pass/liberty/off of work for 4 days, get married on the beach in Carmel, CA and live happily ever after.
A training mission for one of the infantry brigades come down, was going to last 6 days, and my platoon sergeant said that he had cancelled my pass.
We changed our wedding plans and the date in the matter of about 3 hours. I got married in front of UH-60A, 82-23444, in the hangar with a great bunch of friends and little family. I wore my finest flight suit while my wife wore her slightly less than best dress. The ceremony lasted about 35 minutes after which I walked my wife to the car and told her I would see her in the morning and she went home. I walked in the door the next morning (about 0430) to a cup of soup and a glass of ice tea. After all of what the week had entailed she was willing to make something warm to eat and cold to drink when I got home.
I never told her, that night while flying the mission, we almost flew right up the tail rotor of the aircraft in front of us. We were all flying NVGs in a formation of 10 Blackhawks and confusion with ground lights can be a serious thing… Almost married and widowed on the same day.
So, as you can see one in… some astronomical number. :D
 
TOP said:
Well Actually the Army picked the date for us. To make a long story short, I was supposed to be on pass/liberty/off of work for 4 days, get married on the beach in Carmel, CA and live happily ever after.
A training mission for one of the infantry brigades come down, was going to last 6 days, and my platoon sergeant said that he had cancelled my pass.
We changed our wedding plans and the date in the matter of about 3 hours. I got married in front of UH-60A, 82-23444, in the hangar with a great bunch of friends and little family. I wore my finest flight suit while my wife wore her slightly less than best dress. The ceremony lasted about 35 minutes after which I walked my wife to the car and told her I would see her in the morning and she went home. I walked in the door the next morning (about 0430) to a cup of soup and a glass of ice tea. After all of what the week had entailed she was willing to make something warm to eat and cold to drink when I got home.
I never told her, that night while flying the mission, we almost flew right up the tail rotor of the aircraft in front of us. We were all flying NVGs in a formation of 10 Blackhawks and confusion with ground lights can be a serious thing… Almost married and widowed on the same day.
So, as you can see one in… some astronomical number. :D
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That is awesome
 
Way to go TOP! What unit you with? I have been out of the Army for 2 years now, I was a UH-60 Crew dog/FI/SI with 3D ACR Stetson Troop. We were in Ft. Carson, CO but moved to suck ville FT. hood, Tx
 
Nick2024 said:
Way to go TOP! What unit you with? I have been out of the Army for 2 years now, I was a UH-60 Crew dog/FI/SI with 3D ACR Stetson Troop. We were in Ft. Carson, CO but moved to suck ville FT. hood, Tx
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Nick, I am currently with 1ID and fellow FI/SI. We may know some of the same people. J. Cody? I also did some time with Savage troop in 2 ACR.

Thank you all.
 
Cody doesn't ring a bell, Christopher Lillbridge ring any for you? Randall Phillips? last name, Merchant? ah well I didnt get to change units while I was in. I stayed with the same unit for the whole time which blew because of the deployment rotations, I would have enjoyed seeing more of the world by PCS'ing.
 
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