Yep that's me in the middle..all drunk..I think this was during the very first MTV video awards...Virginia 1985???
Halloween...this is from Virginia 1986...headed out to Georgetown in DC..so I'm in Georgetown Partying My Ass off and I pick up a Smurf...yeah go figure a Zombie and a Smurf hook up...I'll keep it PG...needless to say WE HOOK UP, if you catch my drift, but we do it in full costume...and she leaves while still painted blue...I tell her I'll cal her, which I do, and I go to see her again...OH MY GOD Put the freaking blue make up on again...now she could very well have been saying the samething about me...but it's my story...YIKES!!!! She may have had a very good personality...sorry I didn't stick around to find out...I'm such a BASTARD!
THere is a very funny story behind the HB Man...one that I shouldn't tell...perhaps someday I'll elaborate...let's just say I wish I still had him.
After a hard day marching nothing says I Love You Like an Ice Cold Beer...especially if it's Grolsch that was brewed right there in Holland where I was...SWEET MAmma!!!!!!
We marched 25 miles a day for 4 days (100 miles for you non-math whizzes) with 45 pound rucks...suposed to promote esprit de corps and happiness amongst the nations...it resulted in very sore feet...
MP doesn't stand for Military Police, it stands for Mummy Police! Midnights some where around 3 in the morn...obviously I was bored!
OH MAn..there is a story behind this. Thats me under that sheet...you see my Room MAte and I rented Salems Lot and were watching it...and when it was time for bed, neither one of us would turn out the light and we spent the night scaring the crap out of each other...this one just got us laughing...Brave MPs we were...we were DORKS!
The Peeps I went to the Castle with at the entrance...notice me and my OH SO 80s Coat!
One of the RARE pics of me skiing..this is on the Zugspitz, the highest mountain in the German Alps.
Believe it or not this was my room in Germany my first tour...yep naked women pics all over...these were the people we regularly hung out with and partied with. What a whacky, crazy GREAT group...I miss them all.
After qualifying with the German Weapons...notice not one person is serious in this pic...that's why I love it so much...I took the pic so I'm not in this one.
Carl Stephens...he and I went through BAsic Training, AIT ( Advanced Individual Training-MP School) and were stationed together in Germany for our first three years...how lucky was that. We met the very first day of basic and were best friends from that point on. I was a witness at his wedding. Sadly we have lost touch...Carl contact me...
This is my room mate during my first tour in Germany...his name was Jeff...this is from 1984...we spent all our money on Stereo equipment and were reduced to eating pickles and potato sticks LOL
This is the castle Walt Disney based his castles in Disney on...Gorgeous and if you think it is impressive on the outside you should see the inside incredible. As if you couldn't tell...it's in Germany
This was in Germany, we trained with the German Soilders and fired their weapons...this is a German Machine Gun...must be 1985
This is from my first tour of duty in Germany. I was part of HQ United States European Command Honor Guard, I am Front on the right...This was for the Army Ball
I think not...two minutes later I raised my hand and swore to another 3 year hitch...I should have RAN!!!!!!!
A group of us hanging out at the Bad Constadt Fest in Stuttgart, second biggest fest in Germany behind Munich and the Octoberfest.
OK so we faked our way on...I was actually in a band in Virginia called GI's on Pass, we sucked but had fun. This was John, the drumer and I...what did I do? I sang. Not good but I tried!
We were hanging at a friends house watching the MTV awards...this is from Virginia I think 1986
Many of you who visit the site have seen some of these pictures before...that's ok...enjoy again...me in Stuttgart drinking beer...need I say any more. Hey it was a long day!