*== Supervisor to Homeland Security, “Hey boss, we’re expecting 50,000 infants from Moldavia at our Southern Border. Should we open our mass storage site of baby formula or just swipe clean the shelves in all the drug stores, like before?”
MY LIFE’S PROGRESSION – Part One (click the pix to read more)
THE BEGINNING – Big Stone Gap, VA This is stage one of my journey through the time on this earth! It began when I was 18 months old in a small Southwest Virginia town – – –


MY LIFE’S PROGRESSION – Part Two (click the pix to read more)
GERMANY – I spent over two years in Germany while serving in the U.S. Army in the late ’50s. During that time I visited a number of European countries and cities.


MY LIFE’S PROGRESSION – Part Three (click the pix to read more)
TWENTY YEARS IN ERWIN, TN – Right before my marriage, I moved to Erwin, TN, about 70 miles from my VA hometown. I was employed as Chief Engineer of a radio station there.


MY LIFE’S PROGRESSION – Part Four (click the pix to read more)
THE MIGRATION TO FLORIDA – I left Erwin, TN to accept a “temporary” job in television in Cocoa, FL. That was over 30 years ago!


Alternative Energy



There has been much talk in the past 10 years regarding the continued use of non-replaceable fuel, primarily petroleum. These talks are sparked by those who promote the Green agenda and their attempts to glean mega-dollars from primarily this Nation in order to further their docket.
At the same time, using new technologies developed during the Trump term, more than enough non-replaceable but virtually non-polluting to the atmosphere fuel (such as natural gas and hydraulic fracturing), we became self-sufficient in our energy needs – so much that we exported it, increasing our GNP as well as lowering our costs at home.
Then, uninformed (stupid?*) voters elected to Congress a handful of Socialist-minded individuals who immediately began to impose socialism upon the more than 330,000,000 American citizens. It remains as to how far this will go but it seems that they are making inroads (as shown in recent polls).
You’re Home – Now What?


As tours of duty are completed and you didn’t extend, you find yourself back among those who love you. After a warm reception and a time of “catching up”, you realize that you need to find employment and adjust to civilian life. But where do you turn? Your old job may have been filled or eliminated. You have a new skill set but where in civilian life do you find the need for a howitzer operator?
Fortunately, there are a number of governmental as well as private groups that are available and more than willing to help you find a place. In the high-tech digital world in which we live you may be amazed to learn that skills you used in military service can be merged into similarly related areas of business and occupations. Some of those agencies are listed here:
US Department of Veteran Affairs Crisis Hotline
Planning for Life after Discharge
Best Jobs for Returning Service Members
Other interesting articles can be found at The Military Guide.
Thank you for your service and – welcome home!
The Original HOMELAND SECURITY

