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Hurricane Report
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Class of '91 Reunion Info (as of 5 Mar 01)
Congratulations to Hoop and BJ for being selected for promotion to Major below the zone! For those of you who have popped smoke from the Army, the FY 00 Promotion Board Results for Major were released on 17 August. Army wide, only 89 officers (4.8%) were selected below the zone. I think I speak for everyone in congratulating Hoop and BJ. The Army could not have selected two more deserving and better qualified officers.
Great job guys! You done good, and we're all proud of you. GO 'CANES!
USMA Flashback! Updates! Congrats to Lesley and Rob and Baby #2! (19 Mar 01) Hoppdawg checks in from Bragg! (19 Mar 01) Nadia and Billy add a baby boy! (20 Feb 01) Peekster and Kristy announce the arrival of their 2d son! (20 Feb 01) Hank and Jenny add Gil to their family! (20 Feb 01) Yipper checks in (new email address too) (5 Oct 00) Michael reports in from the ICU (3 Oct 00) Jack's new address and email (3 Oct 00) Hurricane Tracker "Rob, Greetings from long ago and a land far away. After 10 years, I finally logged on the web site. It was nice seeing Pete a couple years ago. Glad to hear he is doing well with Parke-Davis. And yes, as Peter reported, I am a legal drug pusher. Have been for 5 years since getting out. Kinda makes sense with all the trouble I was fortunate enough to get into at school.
"Thanks for keeping up the site--it was great to check in and see what everyone has been up to. Great news for Hoop and BJ. Personally, I'm enjoying the freedom of civilian life. I'm still married to the same person that Casino had to drag up on stage. I've got a little 2 1/2 year old girl named Rebecca who is my new focus in life. And, consequently, I'm losing my hair. Currently, I am Manager of training for a small derm company, but am leaving to go back to big pharma (financial security, flexibility, yada yada yada). What a life this mercenary thing is. I just have to improve on the "play hard" side of "work hard, play hard". Never have been too good at that.
"Anyway congratulations on your decision to go to med school and follow in successful footsteps. Maybe in my nomadic travels, I'll be a drug rep harassing you some day! Wouldn't that be funny? I'm gonna try sending a picture, but only time will tell if I did it correctly! John" 117 Equestrian Lane
"Hey BQ how is it going. Jennifer and I are still happily married with no kids. I love toys too much to have kids. Jen and I just left Fort Bragg in August and are now at Fort Knox, an odd place for two pilots to end up. Jen and I have both received our senior wings and both spent time in Bosnia while at Bragg. The dual military thing is tough. We spend an average of about 90-120 days a year together even here (another reason for not having kids). I am working AC/RC as the Battalion S3 for 1-337th AV BN (TS) and Jen is the S3 for 5th Brigade 2nd ROTC Region. It is a nice break after 4 years at Fort Bragg. Mike Parsons called me at work the other day he may be coming to my unit in June. My work phone is DSN 464-8445 commercial (502) 624-8445. My email address at work is ashm@ftknox-emh9.army.mil." What else have I been up to? Well, I have decided to make a career transition. I have decided to follow in the footsteps of my former fellow FA brethren MAJ Smith, Al Tiu (he actually selected FA as his branch), Michael Ellis, and Jon Gonzalez and apply to medical school. I sent my application and transcripts in in June and hope to enter med school in the fall of 2001.
1200 Springfield Ave, Apt 2C
29 AUG 00 UPDATE: Casino has been promoted in his job and has relocated to Burlington, VT. Krisdee and the kids were able to finally join him in Vermont just before Christmas after selling their house in Arkansas.
Future CEO!
Hurricane The Edge: (John Andrews)
23 MAR 01 UPDATE: The Edge found our web site and checked in with this update:
Schwenksville, PA 19473
(610) 639-5865 (mobile)
Hurricane Krash: (Mike Ash)
20 FEB 01 UPDATE: Mike finally checked in from Ft Knox.
Hurricane Wedge: (Frank Augustson)
Frank is still single and living and working in the San Fransisco area. Wedge is currently a project manager for a general contractor running about $25 million work of heavy civil construction. He says that life is hectic, but good. He seems to love SF, his job, and the big bucks he's making. I saw Wedge last at Michael Ellis' wedding in September '99.
Hurricane BQ: (Rob Blomquist)
As far as what I've been up to, I'm currently in an AC/RC job in Edison, NJ. We have been here since May 1999. We're living in a town called New Providence, NJ which is about 30 min from NYC (without traffic). Kat works for a PR firm in Manhattan.
New Providence, NJ 07974
(908) 286-0199
Hurricane Biff: (Casino Casey)
Biff got out in March 1995. Since then, he has been working for a paper-based packaging company - boxes, bags, etc. He is a Human Resource Manager which he says is kinda like an S-1 except he also hires, fires, and deals with the Union. His wife's name is Krisdee and he has 3 kids. He also says he has less hair and more weight since getting out, but not too bad. He lives in a small town called Cabot, Arkansas.
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1111 Brickell Bay Drive, Apt# 3001
22 AUG 00 UPDATE: Jack reports that he has passed the bar. According to Jack, the North Carolina Bar is a little unique. "Of course it was in NC so (the bar was) mostly about whether rednecks have to wear shoes in public and how many tiedowns you have to have on your trailer to be legal." 3 OCT 00 UPDATE: Jack has a new address, phone number, and email.
309 W. Union St.
28 JUL 00 UPDATE: Tim (hesitantly) sent me a link to his bio page for work, which he offered for everyone's S&Gs.
Associate Tim graduated from UCLA's Anderson Graduate School of
Management with an MBA. Prior to business school, Tim
served for seven years as an aviation officer in the U.S. Army,
first as a Flight Platoon Leader in an attack helicopter
battalion, and then in various positions in logistics
management, software development, and strategic planning. Tim
also holds a BS in Computer Science from the United States
Military
Academy.
Here's the link to Tim's actual work bio page http://www.missionventures.com/team/t_driscoll.htm.
I think we'd all like to see more stuff from other people like this.
821 Chalcedony
3 OCT 00 UPDATE: Michael just finished his first month as the ward resident at Walter Reed. According to Michael, that's the guy who admits patients to the medicine floor and also decides where a lot of patients should go, i.e. ICU, cardiac intensive care, etc. He also just started in the ICU as the resident there and shocked a lady out of atrial fibrillation, which was a first for him. Michael sent me another quick update on his ICU duties: "I'm working in the ICU this month. I worked the other night with Inku Huang- he changed from Nuclear Medicine to being a GI fellow. I had 3 GI bleeders overnight, so we ended up spending a lot of time together. It was sort of funny. We had a good time. Everyone lived. Beat the dean. Michael" 20 FEB 01 UPDATE: A belated congratulations to Hank and Jenny on the birth of their first baby. Gilbert Owren "Gil" Hankinson was born on 5 October 2000. I saw Hank (along with Michael and Luminita) this past January in DC and he was thoroughly enjoying fatherhood. He said that just when it seems like you can't take another sleepless night, the little guy looks up at you and smiles and everything is right.
Hurricane Ace: (Alex Clug)
Alex is out and got his MBA from UCLA in '99. He ended up in Miami, Florida and is working on several independent Internet-related projects.
Miami, FL 33131
(305) 579-9800
Hurricane Jack: (Warren Daniel)
Jack graduated from law school (UNC) this year and plans on taking the bar this month. Jack and Lydia have moved back to Morganton, NC where Jack plans to work for his pop and sue people. They are expecting their 3d child (2 daughters already).
Morganton, NC 28655
(828) 439-8075
Hurricane Driscoli: (Tim Driscoll)
Tim also got his MBA at UCLA this year. He just started his first civilian job since he was bailing hay in Illinois as a 15 year old. He's living in San Diego.
Tim
Driscoll
Tim
has been with Mission Ventures since June of 1999 and assists in
several aspects of the business, including evaluating
prospective investments, developing internal processes, and
conducting due diligence. Additionally, he has been involved in
assisting portfolio companies through various projects and
on-location assignments
San Diego, CA 92109
(858) 272-3623
Hurricane Mad Dawg: (Michael Ellis)
Michael got married in Cleveland last September to a very nice girl named Luminita. Jack, Lygger, Frank and Craig were at the wedding along with myself. Michael graduated from medical school last year (Case Western Reserve) and is working at Walter Reed with Inku Hwang and Chance Conner.
Hurricane Kenny: (Ken Evans)
Ken and Kim are living in Green Bay where Ken works for Schneider Trucking. They have a 5 year old son and an 11 month old daughter.
Hurricane Gonzo: (Jon Gonzalez)
Gonzo just finished his 3d year of medical school (University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX). He is out now and going the civilian med school track. He married Anna in January and they have a baby son, Marcel.
Hurricane Hak: (Dan Hakala)
Last I heard from Dan, he was at Bragg trying to go SF through the National Guard. I don't really know if he is in or out, but he did say that his hair was long.
Hurricane Hank: (Brian Hankinson)
Hank got married to Jenny in '98 I think. He is currently at U of Md where he is getting his masters in history and then heads to West Point in the fall of 2001 where he'll be a P in the history department. He sees Michael Ellis from time to time. I ran into him at the WP homecoming game last fall. He is JBR V's godfather and we were both at WP that weekend for JBR V's baptism at the cadet chapel.
Hurricane Hoop: (Scott Hooper)
Hoop, Stephanie, Blaine, and Scotty PCSed to Ft Benning from Ft Polk last summer. Hoop was an O/C at Polk and a SGI at Benning now. I've been TDY to Benning several times since the Hoops arrived there and they're all doing great.
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"BQ, Good to hear from you, too. Here is the life story up to now.
"Got back from Korea, got married, moved to Fort Riley. Left there about 96, went to Honduras with JTF Bravo as a construction inspector. Did the advanced course and masters completion at UMR Rolla then went to Germany (98). Just got back from there last spring. Started in the S3 OPS shop since at Fort Bragg doing the AC/RC thing.
"My wife's name is Mary Stuart. Knew each other in high school, so going home to visit the family is easy with everyone in one place. This is the first time we have been close to Charleston SC, so we are living it up. My daughter is Morgan McKay (another double name), she's two, born in Germany. Well traveled young lady, and as hard headed as her daddy.
"Life is treating us well in this assigment. After being in a division for so long, I kind of welcome the change of pace. Rick lives a couple blocks away. The wives and kids see each other alot, but we manage to get together when we can.
"Plan to go see Jack again soon (probably summer). Lydia and Mary Stuart talk alot, so we keep up with each other. Loves Morganton, and you'll never get me to admit it to him, but I am kinda fond of the area, too.
"Take care, write soon. John" "Hey Rob, I have to apologize for taking so long to respond -- God, this summer's whizzed by!
"To answer your questions, first, I'm back in my hometown in Prescott, AZ, again. Second, I'm in school (didn't learn enough smarts the FIRST time!) to get my nursing (RN) degree and also working part time at UPS slinging boxes around. I was also working at the college in the microbiology department tending the bugs and stuff, but that had to take a back burner as I've become pretty busy. My husband's a firefighter/paramedic. (Something I wanted to do for a while but couldn't, so I married one instead!)" Alexandra Ystueta
20 FEB 01 UPDATE: Congratulations to Billy and Nadia who had their second child on 28 December 2000! Faust Aidan Ystueta weighed in at a healthy 11 lbs 3 oz and measuring 23 inches. Both Nadia and Faust are doing great.
Nicholas (7), Joshua (3), and Alexis (Lexi, 7 mos) Ostrander
Hurricane Hoppdawg: (John Hoppmann)
19 MAR 01 UPDATE: Hoppdawg dropped me a note after seeing my name as an addressee on an email he received:
Hurricane Jen: (Jennifer (Kelley) Herrington)
7 AUG 00 UPDATE: Jen checked in with this update:
Hurricane Nadia: (Nadia King (Ystueta?))
Hurricane Billy Y: (Bill Ystueta)
Billy and Nadia are living in Boston where Billy is getting his MBA at MIT and Nadia is a ROTC instructor there. They have baby girl, Alexandra. I saw Billy and Nadia over Thanksgiving weekend in Boston. They have a nice apartment overlooking downtown Boston.
1 year old!
Hurricane Violent One: (Craig Larson)
31 JUL 00 UPDATE: Big Red recently got hitched! No details on the wedding or new wife yet, but Frank reports that they are living in the SF area still. Craig got out in '96 and had been living with Frank in SF. Frank also gave me an updated email address for Craig.
Hurricane Lygger-Monster: (Chris Lyga)
Lygger worked with Ken Evans in Green Bay for a little while, but he is now working in Savannah (still with Schneider Trucking). He is engaged to Teri, and they plan on getting married next May.
Hurricane Iron Mike: (Mike Mayweather)
Haven't received any details from Mike. I think that Billy and Nadia have been in touch with him.
Hurricane Ozzie: (Chris Ostrander)
Chris and Dina have three kids now -- two sons ages 7 and 3 and a new daughter that's 7 months. Ozzie got out of the Army after 7 years in 1998. His last assignment was as a ROTC instructor at the University of Illinois, which he said was pretty awesome.
Halloween '99.
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31 JUL 00 UPDATE: Ozzie just got promoted from being a Principle Engineer to the Ford/Daimler Chrysler Automotive Global Accounts Manager with BOC Gases. Chris, Dina, and kids will remain in the Ann Arbor, MI area for now.
4 AUG 00 UPDATE: Peekster checked in with this update: "Kristy and Nathaniel are doing great - Nathaniel just turned 20 months, and is full of energy. Baby Peekster # 2 is due January 7, 2001. If I can somehow get Kristy to deliver NLT midnight 31DEC2000 (which is only 1 week early), then I can get a tax break for tax year 2000 -- ha-ha.
"I'm still working for Litton Industries, running the QA department that tests and inspects all of the night vision equipment that we sell to Uncle Sam. Location is great, hours are great (lots of time with the family - unlike Korea or Stewart) money is average (I was doing better in terms of $$$ at Lucent, but didn't like the people, nor the mega corporate culture). Been here in the Dallas area 2 + years, and am glad we ETSd when we did." 20 FEB 01 UPDATE: Congratulations to Dave and Kristy who had their second child on 4 January 2001! Samuel David Peek joins big brother Nathaniel (2 years old) as heirs to the Hugh Peekner legacy.
10 AUG 00 UPDATE: Rick checked in with this update: "Living in Fayetteville, NC. Have two children; Abby - 3 and Fred - 1. Left Kentucky in May 00 and look to moving next summer again. Work here with a name that conjouls up pleasant memories: George Franco. Was in Kentucky with Hank and Dan Moll for a little while. Have not kept in contact with anybody but Jack over the years. If attendance is possible, look forward to next year." Will Proctor
19 MAR 01 UPDATE: Congratulations to Lesley and Rob who had their second child on 23 February 2001! Grace Ramsay Proctor weighed in at a healthy 7 lbs 14 oz and measured 20 inches.
Hurricane PS: (Mike Parsons)
PS is a ROTC instructor at Southern Illinois University. He's also getting his masters in CS. He is married (I was able to attend his wedding while I was on R&R from Bosnia) and has 3 kids now I think.
Hurricane Peekster: (Dave Peek)
Dave got out in May '98 from Stewart. He is married to Kristy and has a Hugh Peekner Jr. (Nathaniel) running around. After getting out, Dave took a job with Lucent Technologies in Dallas, but didn't care much for it, and switched to Litton Industries. They make night vision devices - PVS7s etc.... at Litton. He lives in Dallas.
Hurricane High Speed: (Rick Prins)
Jack reports that High Speed is SF now and just got to Bragg in June. Rick and Kristy have a little girl, Abby, and a little boy, Freddy. They live 3 blocks from the Hoppdawgs.
Hurricane Top: (Rob Proctor)
Just received a note from Ranger Proctor last week. He and Lesley are living in Savannah and have a 18 month old son (Will). Rob just took command of HHC/1/75. He says he loves his second command so far and they just found out they are expecting another child in February. Last time I saw Robbo was at Army/Navy last year.
Almost 2 years old!
Hurricane BJ: (John Richardson)
For those of you who haven't heard, BJ is a TAC. He just completed the TOEP program and is a Buckner TAC this summer. He will be C-4's TAC in the fall. BJ and Deanie have a little girl (Mary Alex) and a little boy (JBR V - "Jack"). Jack was born at Keller last summer and guess who was in the delivery room -- MAJ Smith! Additionally, Chris Schirner's wife was the OB/GYN who did the delivery. BJ is leading the charge in setting up our reunion.
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3046-B Parsons Place
6342 61st St. W.
"BQ, Sorry your emails weren't getting through. My internet provider got bought out by MSN and I had to change my email address. Forgot to update at the AOG when that happened. I just started getting into the internet in the last year - I didn't realize we had a company Web page at the AOG site. Just found it tonight which is why I'm sending you this email. :)
"I am currently taking over the S3 position at 3rd BN (TS)(EN), 315th Regiment. The TSB is located in New Cumberland, PA at the DDC. This AC/RC stuff is different. DDC doesn't have much in the way of facilities. I miss the 24 hr shopettes at Fort Hood. Our BNs biggest mission right now is running SASO Lanes at Fort Dix for SFOR 10. In the summer, I'll be doing TAMs in VA (JUN) and Fort Drum (Jul & Aug) and of course back to Dix for Post Mob SASO Lanes.
"My twin, Tammy, got tired of the high cost of living in CA and moved here with me. We bought a nice little house in Camp Hill. Lucky for us our puppies usually get along. I have a Shiba Inu named Max; Tammy's little one is a Boxer/Rottweiller mix named Artie (Artemis).
"My email at work is teresa.wyatt@tsbncpa-ex1.army.mil and my number is 717-770-5989. Take care, T" 5 OCT 00 UPDATE: YiPK checked in with this update: "Hey, thanks for putting the website together--it's fantastic and I've had a lot of fun reading the updates of everyone. I wanted to send you a new email address because my current one will be out of service soon. In a world of mergers and aquistions (Pfizer bought out Parke-Davis) my email has become obsolete. The funny thing with joining Pfizer is that I've run into several West Pointers. George McNeely (H-3, 88) is a fellow district manager within my region so I run into him quite a bit. Also, I helped Chris Crosby (H-3, 92) come on board with Parke-Davis about 2 years ago. He works for my former manager in Olympia, WA. In fact, Chris has part of my old territory when I was a representative in Seattle.
"I am amazed by how much interaction that everyone has with other West Pointers. I ran into three other West Pointers at a recent Pfizer manager's meeting from different parts of the country and I didn't even know who they were.
"Anyway, I am applying to executive MBA programs so that I will keep working and still get an MBA. So if all goes well I will start MBA school next year at the company's expense.
"June is doing great. She is a Chemical Engineer working in Irvine. I met her in Texas while going through OBC. She's a Texas Longhorn and we got married after she finished school in June 1994. No kids yet but she's pretty excited about our 10 year reunion because she's never visited West Point before." Drop me a line when you get a chance, and I'll update your info. SEND ME SOME PICTURES TOO!
You can contact me at either of these two email addresses: Work or Home.
Rob Blomquist (BQ)
Go 'Canes!
West Point, NY 10996
(914) 446-3159
Hurricane Roop: (Ron Rueppel)
Ron sent me a note with Chris Ostrander's email address, but he didn't fill me in on any his own details so I'm not sure what he's up to. I'm pretty sure he is out and married (Monica?).
Hurricane OJ: (OJ Tatsuta)
OJ got out in '98 and is working as a global project manager in Silicon Valley. He says he is still looking for Mrs. Right.
Hurricane Big Al: (Al Tiu)
Thanks to MAJ Smith I was finally able to track down Al. Al ended up going to medical school at the University of Chicago and graduated in 1995. He did his intern year at Eisenhower AMC in Ft. Gordon, GA and was able to finish his last 2 years of family practice at Travis AFB in California. Al's wife, Eveline, was a med school classmate and now an air force family practice doctor (MAJ). Al and Eveline have two kids, a son Ethan (3) and a daughter Ryan (1 1/2). Al says he's now a staff geek at Madigan in the FP department.
University Place, WA 98467
(253) 564-8476
Hurricane T: (Teresa Wyatt)
19 MAR 01 UPDATE: Teresa found our web site and checked in with this update:
Hurricane Yipper: (Peter Yi)
Yipper left the Army in 95 and currently lives in Huntington Beach, CA. He is married to June and works as a manager for Parke-Davis Pharmaceuticals. He is looking to move back to the east coast later on this year to attend business school.
Hurricane Stein: (Matt Zimmerman)
1 AUG 00 UPDATE: Zim checked in from NTC. He said that the family is great! Kurt is now 11 and Matthew will be 3 this month. Zim has switched jobs and is now the senior TOC trainer on the team. His email address has also changed from Cobra14 to Cobra03A@...