In late 1986 I joined the US Navy Nuclear Power Program as a Machinist’s Mate, to serve my country and earn money for college. After nine months of classroom training I was deployed to upstate New York to learn how to run a nuclear power plant at a prototype facility. My training led me to being selected for a new school in nuclear chemistry and eventually being selected as an instructor at a new facility being built in Charleston South Carolina. It was the first time that a real submarine had been used in the construction of a training facility; only the best for our sailors.
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Today I was reminded of a story that my daughter told us a few months ago. For the last four years she has been a bank teller in an area of town primarily composed of retired individuals. The stories she tells are always humorous and full of love for the job and the people she sees on a daily basis.
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In the last 24 hours I have attended two large events, which could not have been carried out differently.
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