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January-February 2006
Great '98!
I confess that I've been VERY remiss in my duties as the corresponding
secretary and can only offer an enthusiastic "No Excuse Sir!" My apologies
to you all. A small bit of news on my own homeftont, my wife Carissa gave
birth to our second on September 2 of this year. Oran Walker Johnson
weighed in at 9 lbs 5 oz and hasn't stopped eating yet. Mom is doing well
and we're now on the other slide of the mandatory 3 month sleep
deprivation training usually associated with new additions.
Here are some other updates from around the world:
Hello 1998,
I guess it is time for an update! Currently, I am a Deputy Chief of
Enhanced Mobile Satellite Service at the Defense Information Systems
Agency (DISA) in Arfington, VA. I was in Panama City Beach, FL at the Navy
Dive School when I met my wife Deborah. Our wedding was officiated at
sunset on the beaches of the emerald coast Memorial Day weekend. During my
tour in Panama City, Warren Baugh, Mike Files, and Aleksei
Razsadin
stopped by the house for a visit and to catch up on the "peanut gallery".
I caught up with Mike Files again a few weeks ago in NY for dinner and a
show. Warren is currently the president of a trucking company in
Pennsylvania. After changing my designation to the Information
Professional (IP) community, I also ran into Charles Fisher at an IP
conference. During a house-huntmg stop at Bolling AFB, I ran into Gerald
Wilson who is in the reserves and working in the private sector. He is in
the process of moving to Atlanta due to a job transfer. During a business
trip to California with my wife in
May, I spoke with Mike Harvey, he and his family are doing quite well.
I currently live 2 minutes outside of Washington DC in Tacoma Park MD,
if any one wants to stop by for a visit, drop me a line.
LT Jonathan W Sims
Todd Sawhill has sent in some great words as well as some good pics:
What's going on 98, hope this finds everyone doing well!
Lots of outdated news on the home front. The know was in fact tied back
on May 7th in Annapolis. Blair Elizabeth Cooley became Blair Elizabeth
Cooley Sawhill - scary isn't it? She's a spectacular woman and I couldn't
be luckier to have her... (AND she didn't run away even
after seeing my unhealthy obsession with
college football and Southern fried foods).
Several 98ers were able to come in for the
wedding as well (Pat Faye, Dave Baas,
Dave Cox, Fumi Adeyemi, and Matt
Sladky ... plus Jay Hildebrandt '94, and
Jay Consalvi '00). The day was perfect,
and we can't wait to see everyone at a
game sometime for proper introductions.
Sawhill Wedding
In other news - despite rumors I had gotten out, I am still in as the
Spy for VF- 'scuse me- VFA-32 out of Oceana for the last year and it's
been a blast. We did our stint in the NAG for OIF operations from October
to April with CVW-3 and the Truman. We were paired up with VMFA-115 the
whole deployment, so were managed to stay very entertained and busy all
the way through the elections, and tried to keep ourselves entertained as
best as possible when we could like for the Army / Navy game.
(Pictured
clockwise from top in all their mustachioed glory- Todd Sawhill, Ashley
Augostini '01, Jay Hildebrandt '05, Jay Consalvi '02, Shane Groover '02,
Tavis Powell '00, Michael Witt '01, Cameron Collier '01). It was a great
privilege to be there to help support the democratic
evolution of the Iraqi government politics aside it's a great effort going on over
there and we all had a sense of pride
when cruise was wrapped up. We had
some port calls in sunny (i.e. HOT)
Dubai, Bahrain, and Crete ... and managed
to spend 5 days in London causing mini
mal property damage and without being
banned from the nation so all in all it was
a success. Right now we're in the middle
of transition to the Super-Hornet, and
every day when I go to Strike-Fighter
Weapons School I see that its turned into
a veritable class reunion with Greg Malandrino,
Becky Adams (Dowling), A.J. McNiven, Chris Pacentrilli, Matt Maloney,
D.J. Lopes, and Chris Delgado.
Any time y'all are down in Virginia Beach, look us up ... there'll always
be a spare bed for the miscreants and n'er-do-wells!
Merry Christmas ... See y'all in Philly, and BEAT ARMY!!!!
Sawdawg
Of course you are all aware of the devastation brought about by Katrina
and Rita this fall. I've heard from Beth Thorowgood but not any of our
other classmates/ shipmates from the area:
Just wanted to put some information out there b/c I know some people
have been trying to get in touch with me. My Tulane email address isn't
working and I had to change my cell number b/c New Orleans numbers aren't
working.
So here's what's happened: I left New Orleans the Saturday before
Katrina with my cats and enough clothes to last a week, expecting to be
back the following Friday. 5 days later, the semester had been cancelled
and I had no idea what happened to my apartment.
Right now I am staying at Josh Lafferty's place with one of my cats and
another law student from Tulane, making josh truly awesome for taking us
in.
We're visiting at American for the sernesterjust hoping to graduate on
time in May.
Fortunately, everyone I know got out of town, although many people lost
their homes and belongings. I spoke to my landlord a couple of weeks ago
and learned that my apartment only had minor roof damage (although this
was pre-Rita, so who knows now). The plan is to start back at Tulane for
the Spring semester.
Thanks to everyone who was able to get in touch with me and who offered
help and support. I couldn't have gotten through this without you all.
This has created the opportunity to catch a few Navy games, especially
Homecoming - Navy v. Tulane. Hopefully will run into a few of you there!
Beth
Again, my apologies for the delays in getting your entries out for
classmates to read. Please forward them as I'm not back on track and ready
to correspond.
Go Navy! -CB
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