After 22 years of service in the US Army, I retired in Vilseck, Germany, a short distance east of the Czech border. Within a month, I found a job working for the City Colleges of Chicago (CCC). This job required that I deploy to Tuzla, Bosnia, to work in the CCC Education Center on Eagle Base near Tuzla, Bosnia. I jumped at this chance to travel to another county. 

While there, I had several incredible experiences and was fortunate enough to meet many amazing people. To this day, I have never ...