POLARIS MISSILE FACILITY, ATLANTIC 34 Years of Service to the Fleet 29 March 1960 - 05 January 1995

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When I left POMFLANT, I returned to Knoxville, Tennessee, where I was raised, as a child.  Shortly, I went to work for Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), as a Lockheed/Martin contract employee, a Reports & Data Specialist in Transportation special projects.  I worked on some great projects and feel I was very blessed with good opportunities, but it was not POMFLANT.  After 6 years of project work, I left to work for a mid-sized motor carrier as their Corporate Safety Analyst.  The motor carrier went into bankruptcy almost 2 years into my tenure.  Before this, I had not ever toyed with the idea of “unemployment” benefits, but GOD had a smile in his heart, even then.  I left on Friday and, on the following Monday morning, I, with briefcase in tow, was reporting to work.  I had accepted a 6 month consulting assignment, with the company (a food producer), that I now work. Before the 6 months were up, I was offered the General Manager Transportation and Safety position, managing a private carrier fleet for the company.  In the 7 years that I have been with this company, it has grown twice (Four H Services/Quality Bakery Products, Inc., to Old London Foods, Inc., to Nonni’s Food Company) and have stayed with the transitions.

I met, and married, Dennis, soon to be 4 years ago.  Whew, how time flies.  My daughter, Stacey, is married, with three children, and is the General Manager with Two Men and Truck moving company, here in Knoxville.  My son, Justin, is in the Army (not sure why he picked Army, since his dad was retired Air Force and I had worked for the Navy), has spent two tours in Iraq, is attending recruiter school for his next assignment, and married (no children).  Dennis is from Kentucky and has four children, who we rarely see.  He and his ex-wife raised two of her grandchildren and we see them regularly.  We have a home, with a few acres, in Sevier County (about 30 miles from Knoxville), two miniature horses, two dogs, and a cat.

After the picnic, we stayed in the Charleston area until Tuesday.  This was the third trip to Charleston, Dennis and I had made together.  Each time, he has developed a yearning for the area and, after watching everyone interact with each other at the picnic, says he would like to relocate to Charleston.  WOW, this is BIG.  The employment demographics have changed to a degree. I’m not sure how I would fit.  Over the years, I had accumulated almost 16-years of federal service employment with the DoD.  We will have to see.  Suggestions, from anyone, would be greatly appreciated. E-Mail Carol: (Click Here).

Note: If anyone sees or knows of other coworkers please let me and/or Ron know so we can add them to the membership list and mailing lists.

I currently work for DHS, more specifically Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in Springfield, VA, just outside DC.  BRAC sent me from the Supply Center in Charleston in 1994 to DLA in Camp Smith Hawaii, then to INS in Laguna Niguel, CA (just south of LA).  My family and I moved to the DC area this past year.  My daughter, Sara works as a contractor for CBP in the same building as I do.  My son, Joe is a senior at Westfield HS and the wife, Betty recently went to work for some local OB/GYN in Fairfax.

I’m the Help Desk Manager for CBP which keeps me real busy and thinking of retirement, maybe as early as next year.  Heck I may become one of those contractors that I was first introduced to at POMFLANT.

Thanks again for the opportunity to stay in touch with some memories that I thought were long forgotten, but just turned out to be on the web. As my former co-worker use to say, “oh the miracles of science.” My address is: 15299 Surrey House Way, Centreville, VA 20120, Phone: 703-921-6496.

Rachel's 50th high school class reunion Is scheduled during August. Rachel and Paul are looking forward to this big event also.

We are taking one two-day trips with our tour group from Lexington.  They have a pick-up point in Summerville, which makes it great.  Our ship reunion in Knoxville was like being with family, as we have been together for the last 19 years.

Our son Jimmy finally got married in July.  Our daughter-in-law is a school teacher also.  So now we have three teachers in the family.  Jimmy and his Kym have gone together for six years, so we all say it is about time.  They are happy, and as long as our children are happy, we are too.

Thank you Ron and Nancy for keeping us together through the newsletter.  We look forward to the inputs from all who write.

Carroll and I keep busy with church and community and exchange students.  We are getting ready to host #26!  It has been such an enriching experience for us.  We have met so many kind people and have made so many dear friends from different countries with different cultures.  We have just returned from a month in Europe - we visited 7 of our exchange students in Holland, Germany, and Hungary.  We visited many beautiful sites, cathedrals, museums, palaces, gardens, and we ate a variety of interesting foods!  The best was in a village in Hungary which was holding its "annual fish soup cook-off".  Thousands of people from Hungary and Croatia complete with gypsies all gathered with their soup pots and small fires, with Hungarian music and dance and drink - what an event! And the soup was delicious - complete with fish heads and eyes!  Hey - where's your sense of adventure?  Soon our Dutch family (from 1988) will visit us again, and we'll spend a week in the mountains.  It has been incredible that we all continue to stay in touch with each other.  And we have 6 European grandchildren now!

I am still working as a Supervisory Product Safety Investigator for the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Carroll is still a Pastor at a small country church. I sing in the choir, and teach Youth Sunday school, and I'm learning to play the banjo.  (Who said you can't teach old dog new tricks?)  We are healthy (for the most part), and happy - and we thank God for all our many blessings.   And I certainly count my POMFLANT family as one of my blessings.

I recognize a few of the names and would like to be added to the list. I can be reached at either of these email addresses (Click Here) or (Click Here). Thank you, and again what a great page.

Ron visited his children in Long Island, NY during the last week in June. His daughter Anna and Husband Danny are expecting their first child in November. That will be Grandchild number 3 for us.

Our side business, Southeastern Synthetics, will continue to sponsor the website and the newsletter at no cost whatsoever to the Alumni Association. This includes the web, newsletter materials and any applicable postage costs.

Since our last newsletter, I have received information that the following co-workers, co-workers family members and friends have died:

Joe Conner -Military, passed 2005.

Gerry Pearson - Hercules, Passed 13 January 2006.

Allan E. Meacher - Civilian, passed 06 March 2006.

John C. Rogers - Lockheed, passed 28 May 2006.

Take Care,
Ron and Nancy