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 September
1980 - Traveled to
Montreal, Canada to run the Montreal Marathon.
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September
1982 - Attended 6th
International Conference on Computer
Communications (ICCC'82 Conference), Barbarian
Center London, England. Visit to Standard
Telecommunications Laboratory in Harrow,
England (Development of Solid State Optical
Amplifiers).
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April
1983 - Attended
Communications and Electronics Conference
(ICCC'83), Heidelberg, Germany.
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June
1983 - USCGNET Program
(evaluation of multiplexer vendors) Visit to
Paris, Stuttgart, Munich Nuremberg, Darmstadt,
Heidelberg and NATO SHAPE, Mons, Belgium.
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August
1983 - Technical Meeting
with TAKADE in Nuremberg , on USCGNET
Multiplexers. Heidelberg and Nuremberg,
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September 1983
- Acquired USCGNET Equipment
from TAKADE in Nuremberg, Germany. Visit to
Nuremberg and Heidelberg, Germany. Visit to
Berlin, Germany to run in the Berlin Marathon.
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December 1983
- Bench testing of USCGNET
Hardware, in Worms and Heidelberg, Germany.
Went Cross Country Skiing in Garmisch, Germany.
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March 1984
- '84 Crested Eagle Exercise, with
5th Army, in Heidelberg, Worms and Siegen
Germany. Fasching Celebration and
Rosenmontag Parade in Mainz Germany.
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April 1984
- Attended ICCC'84 Conference in
Heidelberg Germany and then vacationed in
Heidelberg, Germany, Strasbourg, France, Zurich,
Switzerland, Innsbruck, Vienna and Salzburg,
Austria, Garmisch and Munich Germany. Ran the
Munich Marathon in Munich, Germany.
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March 1985
- Installation of a Fiber Optic LAN
at the Warrior Preparation Center, Kaiserslautern,
Germany. Fasching Celebration in
Kaiserslautern.
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June 1985 -
Installation of Demonstration LAN at
HQ USAREUR Heidelberg, Germany. Visit to
Baden-Baden. Traveled to Stuttgart, Germany
and NATO SHAPE, Mons, Belgium.
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August 1985
- Examination of possible LAN
Expansion at Warrior Preparation Center
Kaiserslautern, Germany. Overnight visit to
London, England.
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September 1986
- ICCC'86 Conference in Munich,
Germany and stayed in Garmisch Germany. Attended
the October Fest in Munich and Visited Venice,
Italy.
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April 1987
- Discussions with the Icelandic
Post and Telegraph (IPT) on the possible use of
fiber optics as an alternative to microwave to
provide connectivity between the NATO Long
Range Radars and the Air Control Center in
Keflivick Naval Air Station in Iceland. The
IPT is located in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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September 1987
- Discussions with Iceland Post and
Telegraphic on the integration of the Iceland Air
Defense System (IADS) requirements into the
developing National Icelandic Fiber Optic Cable
plant. Reykjavik, Iceland.
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June 1988
- Attended the European Military
Fiber Optic Conference (E-MFOC'88) in Amsterdam,
Holland. Traveled to NKT in Copenhagen,
Denmark to discuss possible optical hardware for
the Icelandic Fiber Optic Network.
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September 1988 - Screening
Meeting with the Working Group 18 Radar
Committee, NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium,
with a short layover in London, England.
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December 1988
- Final Screening Meeting with
Working Group 18 Radar Committee, NATO
Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium. Traveled to NKT
in Copenhagen, Denmark to discuss Optical Network
Hardware.
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February 1989
- Vacation Trip to Bali, Indonesia
and Singapore with a stop over in Japan.
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June 1989
- Attended the European Military
Fiber optic Conference (E-MFOC'89) in Amsterdam,
Holland. Took a number side trips to various towns
in Holland.
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October 1989 -
Kick-off Meeting on Icelandic Air
Defense System (IADS) Fiber Optic Network at
Icelandic Post and Telegraph (IPT) Reykjavik,
Iceland.
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May 1989 -
Meeting with NKT in Copenhagen
Denmark and then attended a Preliminary Design
Review with Iceland Post and Telegraph on
Icelandic Air Defense System integration with
their National Fiber Optic Network, Reykjavik
Iceland.
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June 1990
- Attended the European Military
Fiber Optic Conference (E-MFOC'90) in Munich,
Germany. Then took a short vacation trip to
Austria, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Turkey.
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August 1990 - Meeting with British Telecom Research
Labs, Martlesham Heath, England. Traveled to
the IADS Radar Site H2 and traveled through the
Northern and Eastern Coast of Iceland, from
Akureyri to Egilsstadir, Iceland.
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February 1991
- Program Review Meeting with IPTA
on the IADS Fiber Optic Network in Reykjavik,
Iceland.
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March 1991
- Attended the First Soviet Fiber
Optic Conference (FSFOC'91) in Leningrad, USSR.
Visited the Soviet Academy of Science and met with
the graduate Electrical Engineering students at
the Leningrad University. Also took a short trip
to Moscow, USSR.
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June 1991
- Attended the European Fiber Optic
Conference and Local Area Network Conference
(EFOC/LAN'91) at Regent's College, London,
England. Attended a meeting with Plessey
Research, Caswell England.
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November 1991
- Vacationed in the Costa Del Sol
in Spain. Visits to Madrid, Granada, Seville and
Cordoba, Spain, Gibraltar, and Tangiers, Morocco.
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January 1992
- Attended the Line Terminal and
Multiplexing Equipment Vendor Selection, Final
Design Review at IPTA Facility on the IADS FON.
Reykjavik, Iceland.
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November 1992
- Program design review and O&M
Discussions on the IADS Fiber Optic Network in
Reykjavik, Iceland.
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January 1993
- Vacation to Western Caribbean.
Visit to Cozumal, Mexico, Grand Cayman Islands,
Ocho Rios, Jamaica, and Coco Cay, Bahamas.
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June 1993
- Integration testing of IADS
hardware at the IPTA Laboratories in Reykjavik,
Iceland. Trip to the Vestmannaeyjar Islands
Iceland.
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November 1993
- Program Review Meeting with IPTA
on the IADS Fiber Optic Network Reykjavik,
Iceland. Inspection trips to Borgarnes and
Budardalur.
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January 1994
- Final Acceptance Test Series at
Iceland Post and Telegraph in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Visited the H1 Radar Site in Hofn, Iceland.
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May 1994 -
First International Conference
& Exhibition Devoted to Practical
Applications of Fiber Optics in China (China
Fibercom'94) Shanghai University of Science &
Technology, Jading, Shanghai, China. Gave a
paper and taught a half day seminar on Fiber Optic
Networks at the conference. Traveled to Beijing,
China.
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July 1994
- Meeting on circuit availability
and activation for the Peace Shield Program in
Riyadh, Saudi, Arabia. Side trip to Diriyah Saudi
Arabia. Then inspected the Royal Saudi Air
Force Site at Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia. One
day stop over in London, England on the way to
Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
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September 1994
- Final NATO Joint Inspection Trip
to Iceland (JAFI) on the IADS Program. Inspection
trips to Borganres, Budardalur, Hella and Vik,
Iceland.
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May 1996 -
Gave Lectures at Queen University in
Belfast, Northern Ireland and the University of
Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.
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August 1996
- Provided consulting services to
ASEC on Link 2 of the Northern Extension of the
Peace Shield Fiber Optic Network. Worked in Arar
and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Short stopover
Zurich, Switzerland.
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Februry 1997
- Provided consulting service to
the Electronics Systems Division of the Air Force
through MITRE to run final acceptance testing for
the Peace Shield Fiber Optic Network in Saudi
Arabia. This testing included Link 1
from Hafar Al-Batin to Rafha and Link 2 from Rafha
to Arar. Stayed in Riyadh and Arar.
Stopped for several days in Cairo Egypt on the
return trip. Visits to Cairo, El Giza and Sakkara.
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November 1997
- Vacationed in the Republic of
Ireland. Visited Dublin, Glendalough,
Killarney, the Ring of Kerry, the Cliffs of Moher
and Limerick Ireland.
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February 1998
- Vacationed in Hawaii.
Stayed in Honolulu and then visited the
Islands of Oahu, Kauai, Maui and Hawaii.
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November 1998 - Vacationed
in Greece. Stayed in Vouliagmeni south of
Athens. Visited Athens, Delphi, Corinth,
Mycenae and the Theater at Epidaurus. Vist to
the Saronic Islands of Poros, Hydra and Aegina.
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August 2000
- Provided Consulting Services to
ACS Defense, at Bell Canada, Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada on a Global Satellite Network for the Saudi
Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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October 2000 -
Vacation in Scotland. Stayed
in Dryman on Loch Loman outside of Glasgow.
Trips to Loch Ness, Inverness, Stirling,
Edinburgh, Perth, the Isle of Mull and Ayr.
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October 2001
- Vacationed in Tuscany,
Italy. Stayed in Montecatini between
Florence and Pisa. Trips to Florence, Pisa,
Lucca, Viareggio, Venice, Montecatini, Alto,
Senna, and San Gimiganano.
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September 2002
- Provided Consulting services to
ACS Defense in Riyadh and Al Kharj Air Base.
Taught Royal Saudi Air Force students Fiber Optic
Multiplexing on PDH and SDH hardware. Stayed in
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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February 2005
- Vacation Cruise to Nassau and
Coco Cay, Bahama Islands.
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April 2006
- Vacation in Israel. Stayed in
Jerusalem and Tiberius. Trips to Bet Sheen,
Capernaum, Tabgha, Nazareth, Megiddo, Casearea,
Masada, Quran, Bethlehem, and Jericho.
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January 2007
- Vacation Cruise to
Nassau and Coco Cay, Bahama Islands.
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November 2007
- Vacation in Australia, New
Zealand and Fiji. Stayed in Cairns and
Sydney Australia, Christchurch, Queenstown,
Milford Sound and Auckland New Zealand, and Naviti
Resort Korolevu, Fiji.
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April 2008
- Vacation to Eastern Caribbean,
San Juan, Puerto Rico; Charlotte, St. Thomas
Islands; Philipsburg, St. Maarten.
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September 2008
- Attended the IEEE 2008 Section
Congress in Quebec City, Quebec Canada.
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