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Receiving some other command's letter of appreciation just before I retired. It was a long awards ceremony... — Awards ceremony

At White Plains beach, Kalealoa, Oahu, with another famous early retiree. I'm the ponytailed dude on the right. — Surfing White Plains beach on Oahu.

This portrait was posed by my daughter after we received our taekwondo black belts. She's feelin' pretty good about the four years of effort (and several failures) that it took to get here. — Black belt family portrait March 2009

A typical morning snack after surfing at White Plains beach on Oahu's south shore, our favorite surfing break. — Carving pineapple at White Plains beach

Bolting the rails to the roof before mounting the solar water heater panels. We have more hot water than we can use. — Solar water heater panel rails

Cleaning up the solar water heater piping before soldering on the next piece. Total cost of our DIY project was $1000, including the water tank and two heating panels. — Solar water heater piping adjustments

A friend's dryer exhaust vent was plugged solid with about 20 feet of lint over 15 years of neglect. Luckily the vent leaked enough air to prevent overheating or even a lint fire. — Cleaning the dryer vent

Getting ready for a rousing paintball match at Bellows Air Force Station's recreation center on Oahu — Paintball

Dining at a San Antonio restaurant with other early retirees — Dining at a San Antonio restaurant with other early retirees in 2007

USS NEW YORK CITY (SSN 696) had just finished a pierside MEDEVAC in lovely Adak, Alaska, in January 1990. I was working on it for 24 hours from the routing message until we finished up, and it was some of the nastiest weather I'd ever seen. I sat down in the wardroom to relax with a cup of coffee but... — Submarine duty: 24 hours into the Adak MEDEVAC

Inport Yokosuka Japan Feb 1991 for 24 hours to fix a ballast tank rattle. We'd just proven that it wasn't Weapons Department equipment. It turned out to be a loose grating at the bottom of the ballast tank that had shrunk in the colder water and needed its bolts tightened by a diver. — Submarine duty: Ballast tank rattle search 2 AM Yokosuka Japan Feb 1991

Wardroom of USS NEW YORK CITY (SSN 696) pecking away at my hotshot 1989 $2000 PC XT 8088 laptop. I paid extra for the model with TWO 3.5-inch diskette drives. The object on the bulkhead is the ship's seal engraved onto a wood platter. — Submarine duty: Wardroom laptop time circa 1990

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