Kimball Edwards

Ok, I was waiting for Tammy McCracken (Hagen) to post here first, but, when I saw Ken post, I was first shocked, then, urged into action...

Let's see - post JIO I had to wait a whopping 4 days (along with Holly, Sharon, Rob and Terry) before I started my Caribbean vacation in lovely WooPooU. An unremarkable adventure filled with large egos and continuous disillusionment. In spite of that, I joined the Infantry upon graduation and started a truly enjoyable Army career. I started off in the 82d Airborne Division with the highlights being an all expense paid vacation to Dade County Florida for Hurricaine Andrew relief, then a 6
month tour in the Sinai Peninsula swimming in the Red Sea and generally watching Eqyptian dust blow by. After that I was assigned to Vicenza, Italy. My first year there I got to travel to some real garden spots like Albania, Bulgaria, and Uganda- to name a few. I was priveledged to command an Airborne Infantry Company in Italy and, coincidentally, met a wonderful woman that would eventually become my wife - a whole other story. Following Italy, I was again priveledged to command a second Infantry company for the NATO organization- Allied Command Europe Mobile Force (Land). Good times, great fun, and more travel. In May of 2001 finally married Stephanie. We decided to do so in Iceland which turned out to be one of the most amazing and wonderful experiences in our lives - and again, a whole other story. So to cover the last few years since then... I moved to Atlanta for 3 years, deployed to Iraq for OIF 1, then moved to my current assignment in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

My first daughter (Ariel - not the Mermaid, rather named after the Sprite in Shakespear's 'The Tempest') was born Christmas Day during my tour in Iraq (2003). My second daughter (Naomi) was born May 2006. And, not to be forgotten, our oldest, Murphy, is the beast with us in the picture (last checked in at a measly 150 pounds).

So here I am, waiting for what I hope will be my last movement instructions before retirement in 2011. I look back on some
interesting times in the past 20 years and think often of the great folks from HS. I hope to be able to return for the reunion, but, sadly, I will likely be back in the AOR (either Afghanistan or Iraq) by then.

It is great to see what has been going on for everyone and I encourage more to join this blog and fill us in. Ultimately, life has treated me well and I hope the same has been true for you all as well.

Kimball