Did You Meet Your Spouse while Serving? How Did Your Story Begin, and What Challenges Did You Have to Overcome in Adjusting to Married Life in the Military?:

How a Disco, a Sergeant, and a Misaddressed Letter Got Me Married. I met my wife, Gerda, in the fall of 1985 while serving my first duty assignment with Delta Company, 2‑36 Infantry, 3rd Armored Division. I was a young private, still figuring out Army life, when I tagged along with my squad leader, Sergeant Dave, and a squad mate, Mike, to a Disco Tek in Wetzlar, Germany. I thought I was escaping the barracks for a night. What I didn’t know was that I had walked straight into what was meant to be a double date: Mike with Julie, and Dave with a young woman named Gerda.