[Seahawk]

I was a Commander working as a detailer at BUPERS in Millington, Tennessee.

My assistant, we are still great friends, and I watched it unfold on the lounge TV, surrounded by other military folks.

We all knew.

The amazing thing was the amount of calls I fielded in the next few weeks from both retired and other folks who had left the service wanting back in.

I drove home to Maryland a few weeks later and stayed for a month working out of Patuxent River.

I was on one of the first Northwest Airlines flight when they opened up....Memphis was a hub for them in those days: Maybe 20 people on the plane.

So many stories, so much more I wish I could have done, friends gone.