[BILLY D.]

FABS

YES, ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MARYLAND. HER HOME IS IN HAVRE DE GRACE. THEY JUST MOVED THERE LAST YEAR FROM ALASKA. SHE WORKED AT ELMENDORF IN ANCHORAGE FOR ALMOST 12 YEARS. SHE IS A GS-13. MOMMA BIG BUCKS.

SHE STARTED OUT AS ENLISTED IN THE ARMY THEN WENT TO OFFICER RANKS AND GOT TIRED OF THE BS, APPLIED FOR THE CIVILIAN JOB AT ELMENDORF AND GOT IT. ALMOST THE SAME JOB SHE HAD IN THE MILITARY. ONE CHANGE, MORE MONEY.

I'M REALLY PROUD OF HER. SHE HAD A LOT TO OVERCOME AS A KID AFTER HER MOTHER PASSED AWAY. HER BIGGEST OBSTACLE WAS ME. I WAS KIND OF A GRINCH AFTER MY WIFE DIED. I NOT ONLY LOST MY WIFE, I LOST THE MOTHER OF MY CHILDREN, MY MISTRESS, MY HUNTIN' AND FISHING BUDDY, BUT MOST OF ALL MY BEST FRIEND. SHE KNEW ALL ABOUT ME AND STILL LOVED ME ANYWAY. I STILL MISS HER.

THE DAUGHTER IS A PEACH, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD SOME DISAGREEMENTS DURING HER TEEN YEARS, FACT IS ALL 5 KIDS TURNED OUT GREAT. THEY WERE ALL MORE DEPENDENT ON THEIR MOM THAN ME. I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE DURING MOST OF THEIR FORMATIVE YEARS I WAS PLAYING WAR OR ON TEMPORARY DUTY SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN HOME.

ANYWAY IF YOU ARE EVER UP AT ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND STOP IN AND SAY HOWDY TO MY KID. I SAY MY KID BECAUSE I BROUGHT HER INTO THIS WORLD, A MEDIC AND I. BUT THATS A WHOLE NUTHER STORY. HER NAME IS KATRINA MILLER AND SHE WORKS IN THE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL OFFICE. SHE'S DONE WELL FOR A NORTH DAKOTA GIRL.

WELL GOTTA GIT. HAVEN'T EATEN SUPPER YET AND I'M HUNGRY.

HAVE A GOOD ONE.