        change I had to adapt to was the Texas accent. I remember our PE coach telling us not to forget our towel fee to wash our towels.     


MILITARY YEARS


Those halcyon Houston high school years were good ones, but the student was about to make decisions that would directly shape  told me that based on my ASVAB test scores he wanted to send     


At Fort Hood, the aspiring aviator was temporarily assigned to  Hueys when he was transferred to Germany. Upon returning, he   felt a strong calling in our spirit to become missionaries in Central  


          National Guard. “I spent eight-and-a-half years in the Florida          instructor pilot and the lead instructor pilot for the Black Hawk unit.   


           


            family at the time. “In preparation for that, I had an idea of taking night vision out of the military and getting it to law enforcement.          


MOON SHADOW TRAINING Thus, he founded a little company in Lakeland, Florida, called    year when he left the military. He recalls ruefully, “Sometimes my 


Still, it was a year of entrepreneurial effort that opened a window    with Litton Industries, which manufactured night vision goggles.  going to talk to me about becoming a consultant and for three hours they tried to convince me to become their manager of business development for a new aviation products unit they were    as unenthusiastic as he played. On his way from the airport he pulled over to a payphone (remember those?) and called Sandy to tell her about the persistent offer that had been made. “As a   


 started developing and selling for Litton and also regulated night vision standards by co-chairing the RTCA committee that created                    promoted to business development manager for Europe, then  became the BD/Sales department manager.


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