TOD:
I joined the Navy in 1970 when I was 21.
My first apartment was in Vicenza, Italy, from 1973-75.
Next came Voula, Greece (a suburb of Athens) where I had an apartment for five months. It was supposed to be for two years, but the government of Greece asked the U.S. Navy to leave Greece after the Cyprus incident.
I went from there to Naples, Italy, where I had an apartment from 1975-77.
Then, I went to Washington DC where I had an apartment for a year in Arlington, two blocks behind the Iwo Jima Memorial.
From there, I went to Lawrence IN where I lived for 5 years teaching Journalism at the Defense Information School at Fort Benjamin Harrison.
After that, I was assigned to an aircraft carrier out of Alameda CA. I lived on the ship the whole time.
In 1987, I was sent back to Italy where I rented a villa on a lake in Lago Patria, Italia, about 20 miles north of Naples. I left there in 1992 and reported to San Diego where I was on another carrier.
I retired from the Navy on Dec. 31, 1993.
I drove north to Oakland where I shared a very nice apartment with a friend from January 1995 to November 1995. I then moved into my condo in Oakland where I have been ever since.
In September, I will be moving to Johnston SC for the rest of my life.