I joined the Army in 1984 and spent the next eight years as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne (All American) Division, and an Air Assault Soldier the 101st Airborne (Screaming Eagles) Division. Most of my times were with the 101st Airborne. I served as a chemical warfare specialist and as an infantryman. It was the best of time. It was also the worst of time. All in all, an experience that I will forever cherish.
I attended the School of Engineering at the University of New Mexico. After the first year, I decided to pursue the curriculum of Chemical Engineering. It was a long road travelled but I finally got done. I haven't quite decided on Engineering graduate school or go the MBA route, but I still have a few more years to decide.
I have but a few people that I can actually call "friends": Lieutenant Christopher Gaudet, ex-Sergeant Alex Vollmer, ex-Sergeant David Montez, ex-Sergeant Scott Millard, NYPD Blue Andrew Mattson, ex-Staff Sergeant Tony Hall; and last but not least--the only civilian in the bunch, Civil Engineer Judah Hiat. There's one friend that truly stands out and HER name is Rachelle Allard. She is my confidante in affaire du coeur. Honorable Mention is my favorite First Cousin Bernadette West: Organic Chemist Extraordinaire and UTSA Med School bound. She is of my blood, and the keeper of my mores.
I am a proud member of the following organizations: AIChE, 101st ABN DIV Association, and the ultimate gun club--The FAL Association.
The Three Musketeers, Alexander Dumas
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo
Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand, translated by Brian Hooker
Don Quixote, Miguel Cervantes
Romeo & Juliet, Othello, Julius Caesar, and selected
poems of the Great Bard
The works of H.G. Wells
The works of Jules Verne
Scaramouche, Rafael Sabattini
Gone With The Wind, Margaret Mitchell
Ivanhoe, Sir Walter Scott
The Charge of the Light Brigade, Tennyson
Selected Poems of Lord Byron
The Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer
Lysistrada, Aristophanes
Paradise Lost, Milton
The Legend of Beowulf, unknown author
The Art of War, Sun-tzu
The Tales of Kieu, Nguyen Du
Lament of a Warrior's Wife, Dang Tran Con
The Wild Geese
Most of Clint Eastwood's Western and Action Movies
Most of the Duke's Movies
Most of Aarrnold's Movies
Most of Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Movies
The Star Wars Trilogy
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
The Three Musketeers
The Vikings
The Professionals
The Longest Day
A Bridge Too Far
Saving Private Ryan
Love Story
Love is a Many Splendored Things
Casablanca
Scaramouche
Gone With The Wind
Old Yeller
Cyrano de Bergerac, French version
Cyrano de Bergerac, Jose Ferrer version
Ivanhoe
The Killers, John Woo
For a Better Tomorrow I & II, John Woo
L'amour C'est Pour Rien
La Vie En Rose
Cumparsita
Tango Romano Guitar
El Choclo
Hernando's Hideaway
Jalousie (Jealousy)
Historia de un Amor
Perfidia
Besame Mucho
Malegena
Cancion de Orfeo
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
My Old Flame
Cheek to Cheek
I Won't Dance
I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
I Only Have Eyes For You
The Way You Look Tonight
Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree
Crazy
I Fall To Pieces
Big Iron
El Paso
Diem Xua
Viet Thu Chen Lung Ngua Hoang
Ha Trang
Sang Ngang
Toi Dua Em Sang Song
Co Lang Gieng
Han Mac Tu
Cho Nguoi
Co Em Bac Ky
Ao Lua Ha Dong
Co Hang Nuoc
Nat King Cole
Eddy Duchin
Ella Fitzgerald
Edith Piaf
The King!
Chuck Berry
Little Richard
Dion And The Belmonts
The Platters
Hank Williams, Sr.
Patsy Cline
Gene Autry
Marty Robins
Khanh Ly
Phi Nhung
Vu Khanh
Elvis Phuong
FN FAL
IMI Galil AR
Valmet M76
Daewoo K2
HK 91
Steyr AUG
SPAS 12
Mossberg 590 Military
Glock 17
SIG-Sauer P220
M1911A1
Taurus 607
Ruger Superblackhawk
Ruger Vaquero
Ruger Superredhawk
Khyber and I at Apache Creek, New Mexico
The Cathedral of Notre Dame
On top of the Eiffel Tower
