About YOU!

[number 9]

I’m feeling nostalgic, so I thought I’d share a little about my history for anyone who cares. I have dual citizenship British & American. I left England in the 80s when I was 16 years old. Graduated High school in the U.S. and joined the U.S. Navy at 20 years old. I served for approximately 13 years as a Navy photographer mostly in video and film. The last five years of my military tenure I was attached to Combat Camera in Norfolk, Virginia. I did tours in the Middle East & Bosnia, in addition to several assignments in Europe proper. I decided to depart the Navy in 1999 as I was tired of being away from my family. I
have two beautiful daughters and they are the most important accomplishments in my life. After leaving the Navy, I got hired as a TV News cameraman at the CBS affiliate in Dallas, Texas. It was a very interesting & demanding period in my life probably more so than my military experience. Fast forward 20 years, and I got laid off during the pandemic after 20 years working for CBS. It was almost welcome as I had become disenchanted with American broadcasting & news coverage, but it also created a daunting task of figuring out what was I gonna do now. Consequently I decided to leave the news business even though I had numerous job offers at other news affiliates. My youngest daughter was in dire straits, so I decided to move to Georgia where she lives. After months of unemployment even though with my news experience I was more than qualified to be hired at an Atlanta tv station, I turned down the offers as I didn’t want the stress of news anymore. I now work for Amazon processing customer orders, pack and quality control. It’s not as prosperous or exciting as being a news cameraman, but I now know what time I go to work and what time I get off. Needless to say I have supported ITFC almost 50 years, and I will continue to do so until I die.

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That’s an interesting life indeed!