jparon

IH 149 Cub Cadet; IH 782 Cub Cadet (Powered by Honda V2); Cub Cadet 3184. Born in Minnesota, my Dad had an International Harvester dealership (long before Cub Cadets), my brothers took over the dealer ship and Cub Cadets became a large part of their business. Long before Cub Cadets (in case some shipmates are out there) I left Minnesota for the Navy (E-1 to O-6), multiple cruises on Saratoga, Coral Sea, Oriskany; 200+ Combat Missions A-4s; A-7s, F-4s, F-18s; Air Boss of Coral Sea, then XO. Post VN attached Italian Air Force NATO (just outside Venice) for four years, flying F-104 (Mach 2.37), ten years later returned to Italy as Commander Naval Activities Italy, two tours in PI, second as Commander VFC-5 providing Fighter Adversary training (think "Top Gun") for deployed USN, USMC, and USAF deployed air forces, plus the same training for allied air forces including: Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand.
My stateside tours limited to student Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey and, Chief of Naval Operations Chair, National War College. After 33 years Navy, worked for 15 years at MIT BFP DRC as Senior Research Scientist.