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Very nice Karl. I had trouble with painting windows by hand also. I found a toothpick used for cleaning edges worked really well without scratching the plastic.

Great work there Glenn.

I was hired into a new job as a lead for manufacturing. Most of my bosses are pretty stiff so I decided, when I gave my morning brief, to have a Dad joke of the day. Just to get everyone a chance to start the day with a smile. At first, upper management frowned on it... until I was back by...

Then there is operation Bikini.

Run Silent, Run Deep was pretty good.

I don't know, but I thought "Operation Petticoat" was goofy... a pink sub?

Mugshot huh?

The following is a finished mural I painted when assigned to 3rd Bde. HQ. 7th Inf. Div. Ft. Ord. This is the only full picture of it that exists, that I know of. While assigned to Fort Ord, I was temporarily an Army Artist. To give some scope to the size of this painting...

Under Bill Clinton, there was a reduction of force. I was put out of the Army after 14 years. In order to finish my 20, and gain some new skills, I became a weapons specialist with the Colorado Air Force National Guard. In 2003, we were deployed to Iraq. The first has me with one of the...

Here, our unit just arrived from the field and the first order of business is getting everything cleaned up and turned in.

By the way, I can't forget to add my mom. She was a Sergeant in the WAC. I could bounce a coin off my bed when I was 6. :)

My family has been military from generation to generation. Here are a few photos I have. First is my grandfather in the Corp of Engineers, He's the one with the bucket... Second in my dad when he was a basic training company commander, Vietnam era. He went on to become a Cobra pilot, AH1G...

Here are a couple of photos from my time in Korea, during Team Spirit 1985.

I was Santa Claus for the Wolfhound Orphanage in 1985. One of the sisters copied this for me from the Japanese television showing our arrival. Maybe Shinpachi San can translate some of it. If you have any questions, ask. I don't know rightly what to add here, but this is proof that I was...

Wow, just came across this. I have a few I can put in. Just need to look around a bit...