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I've attached the only recent photo I have of me with my family - taken last summer at my folk's place in Montana. I also included a picture of me with my brother biking in Colorado (I'm on the left) and one of me fishing last fall - looks like we both have that pirate look going, eh? We live in San Diego, my wife's name is "Vicky" ;-) (We'll be celebrating our 19th anniversary in September) and my children are Pauli (13), Carli (10) and Audri (2). I'm looking forward to seeing you this fall. Best, Kurt Wolfe
		Kurt, Pauli and Vicky
Bo What a pleasant surprise to get your e-mail. I'll spare the bio, but stick to what I'm doing now. Like you, I did not stay in for a career. Resigned in 1991 upon completion of 5-year commitment. Went to law school in (of all places) Wilmington, Delaware, at Widener (or Harvard of the Brandywine as we affectionately called it). Graduated in 1994, thought I wanted to be a prosecutor and lock up bad guys. Ended up as a public defender instead, love it! Tried private practice for 2 years, hated it, went back to being a p.d. Still love it. I live in Va. Beach, but work in Suffolk, 2 cities away. While getting out of the Navy, my other thought was I was going to become a teacher. Now I get to scratch that itch as in addition to p.d. by day, I do adjunct teaching in criminal justice at some local colleges. Love that job , too. So, I consider myself blessed to have two different jobs, both of which I enjoy. Married Sondra in 1992, two daughters Emily (10) and Nancy (7) who are the light of my life. See you in October. Let me know if you bring the pop-up to Va. Beach. Jim Grandfield P.S. My actual hometown is Weymouth, MA. I said Boston because I figured it was easier for classmates to remember. You obviously don't remember Jerry Doyle ('84) arriving with the return of the Brigade and tearing into me for "approximating" my hometown.		Bo, Good to hear from you. Will send pictures. I'm still active (LtCol), doing acquisition work at NAVAIR in Pax River MD. Donnie Bouchard lives a few miles away from me and he keeps me up to date on just about everything. We went to Ivan's retirement last year. Ran into Meat at the Navy-MD game last year. Ran into Sam in Okinawa late 2003/early 2004. Beat Army, ET
		Bo, Yes it is me. Thanks for the update. I will do the same when I have a moment. In London on business right now. I took a quick look at the youngster year picture. Scary how young we were. My wife, Elizabeth, and I are planning to attend the reunion. Best regards, Tom Furlong
Bo and Eric, Thanks for the update and offers of help. I'm in Korea for an exercise now, but will send out the revised list as soon as I return (end of next week). I've narrowed down the list of missing (no e-mail addresses) graduates to the following: Doug Cooper, Tim Duncan, Eric Goodman, Miles Riley, Dan Shannon Any help in getting e-mail addresses for these gents is appreciated. Norm Cooling deployed to Iraq with his battalion, 3rd Battalion/3rd Marines. Norm had already led the battalion in a very successful deployment to Afghanistan and they were called to return to the Mid-East again. It is a reflection to the quality of men and women in our military that over 100 Marines extended their contracts to make the second deployment. Although Norm is quick to give all of the credit to his Marines, I know that his leadership is a major part of the battalion's success. I'll forward his deployed address when I get it. In the meantime, keep Norm, his family, and his Marines in your prayers and raise a glass to their success. Sam Kirby will take command of a F/A-18 squadron in the next few weeks in Beaufort. Bryan and Laura Semple are heading down for the change of command. All of us had the chance to meet in Japan and it made me look forward to the reunion. Leslie and I are planning to come out and look forward to seeing you all. Semper Fi, Jim Durand
Gentlemen, Greetings from Hadithah. Good to see the old gang communicating again. Like Dan, I won’t be back from deployment in time to attend the reunion. We don’t return until October. But, I’ll certainly be thinking of you guys and hope that you’ll tip a few for me. Semper Fidelis, Norm
		Here's what I found on Keith Wettschreck's High School Website (2002): Family: Spouse: Tracy (Zachman - class of '83) Children: Michael (4) Occupation: USN Community/Organization Involvement: Mount Vernon Civic Association "Once in a Lifetime" event: 9/11/01 - I was in the Pentagon Other interesting Info: 1. Our second child is on the way. 2. Summer 1995 while assigned to the USS George Washington, I was able to meet and greet George and Barbara Bush. 3. Spring 2001 - Received a VIP tour of the Kennedy Space Center.
Dan with son, George	All, still in command of ROSS -- deploying this spring and won't be back in time for the reunion. Pls keep me up to date on plans for the event. For Bo, I've attached a photo of my 8 year-old in my bridge wing chair for the website. Family info: Kim (met in San Diego in 1988; married in Lakewood WA in 1993). George (arrived on brother Jake's birthday (13 April) in 1997, as Tiger was walking down the 18th fairway -- Kim had to clear her throat loudly to get the OB's attention). Andrew (arrived 17 Oct 2002. Excellent help in the kitchen). Navy (Yellow Lab - mid-deployment 2000. Surprise!) Buster (Boston / Rat Terrier - bought with George's birthday money. May deploy with the ship.) D CDR Dan Shaffer, Commanding Officer USS ROSS (DDG 71)		Dan's son Andrew
		Hi Gang, Great to hear from everyone. I'm in contact with Bart, and I'll try to get an updated email address for him and forward it to everyone. My wife, Rebecca, and I have 4 children (11, 9, 5, and 2) and have been living in south-eastern WA state for the last 5 yrs. Still trying to work things out regarding the reunion - there are some other travel obligations I have around the same time. Sure would like to see everyone again. Go Navy! Best Wishes, Brad
		Following Kurt’s lead, I have enclosed two pictures of my kids that are Homecoming related. Nick is the Senior Field Goal Kicker. Rachael is the Junior Class Homecoming Princess. Doug