Anders Update

Wife: Barrett, 30th anniversary upcoming June 29th 2008
Army: Retired in 2005 as a LTC with 28 years of combined active / reserve service
Kids:
1) Mary is a junior at UCONN. Is heading to the University of Paris in a few weeks for her Spring semester and will be there through June 13th. (Sent a note to Pete and Nancy Selleck - he is a senior officer with Michelin and they live a few hours south of Paris) Mary is majoring in French and Business with a minor in Philosophy. She is probably headed for Law School on graduation.
2) Rob returned in Oct. from a 15 month tour as an infantry officer with 2/27 Wolfhounds in Hawijah, Iraq. He got married on Veterans Day at West Point to Emily Wnuk, a classmate he met in the cast at 100th night. Who would have thought!
She is out of the Army now, he will go on terminal leave in May. They plan to travel the world for a year and then go to graduate school, degree to be named later.
Currently stationed with the 25th ID in Hawaii.
3) Carolyn is a project manager with an architectural firm in Bethesda, MD. She recently graduated from University of Denver with an MBA in Ethics and a Master of Science in Real Estate Construction Management. She is enjoying her new position and living "inside the beltway".

Parents: Both doing well. Living in a retirement community, Saddlebrooke, just north of Tucson.

Me: I'm responsible for all of the Recruiting, Agent Retention and Management Development efforts for New York Life Insurance Company. I participate in a lot of the schools and represent the Company at a lot of industry meetings. I find it amazing when I suggest "Task, Conditions and Standards" and "Skill Qualification Training" and they think I'm amazing.

Isn't it funny how smart the Army seems in hindsight?

I'm having fun since Barrett can travel with me a lot of the time. We've got trips to San Antonio, New Orleans, San Francisco, and Maui all set up between now and May, where the only expense is her ticket. This would be not so much fun if I had to travel alone.

My career plan is to do this for a few more years and then volunteer to move to Hong Kong or mainland China and work for our International subsidiary for my last 5 - 7 years.

Not sure of where we are planning to retire. Thinking about the Washington DC area - somewhere where we can take advantage of the military resources and flights to Europe, and somewhere close to the water. All talk so far, we've never lived in the area, and need to be far enough away to not pay the premium for a commuter abode.

Anyway, I've never "blogged" before so I hope I'm doing this right.