The Flight Deck

Jeopardy

I’m a Navy Reserve Officer living in Annapolis, MD.  4^th generation USN on my father’s side.

Being a Navy family, we moved quite a bit, but we landed in Northern Virginia in the middle part of my youth and I stayed there until relocating to the paradise on the Severn in ’05.  I have a Bachelor’s degree in archaeology, which seems to either amuse or intrigue most people.

I enlisted in the Navy Reserve at the tender young age of 29(!) and spent the next 6 years as an enlisted reservist, reaching the vaunted level of PO1.  In the fall of 2005, I was granted a commission in the finest Navy the world has ever seen.  My father administered the oath, and my grandfather was the first person to salute me. 

I’ve spent most of my time at the Five-Sided-Puzzle-Palace, but did a stint with a Prowler squadron a while back.  That was the best job I’ve had so far.

I’ve had the opportunity to serve in some terrific places overseas like Japan, Iceland and Saudi Arabia.  I liked Iceland so much, I went there twice.  That’s where I picked up my callsign.  I’d go back for a third time, but it’s not much of a going concern these days…

I have a civilian job, but I tend to view it as a way to pay the bills in between drill weekends and ATs.  I’m a computer security geek employed by a large corporation, and assigned to a contract at an even larger Government entity.

I’m married to the greatest woman in the world, and we have a daughter born in April of ’07.