Where Was Your Favorite Place Visited, Either Through Deployment or R&R, From Your Time in the Service? Can You Recall Any Memories of This Place You Found Particularly Impressive or Enjoyable?:

My son was a toddler when I received orders in early 1982 to relocate from Ft Belvoir, VA to a NATO assignment at the 650th Military Intelligence Group (aka Allied Command Europe – Counterintelligence) at Allied Forces Central Europe (AFCENT) in Brunssum, Netherlands. Arriving in March 1982, we were housed in a local hotel until we were able to secure “off-post” housing. There was no “on-post” housing; however, we would eventually be afforded government-leased housing once our name reached the top of the availability list. We met SGT Mike McDermott, his wife Lynne and young son, who had arrived in-country about a week prior. We became fast friends, and we are still in touch to this day.