Before and after

Isn't the internet a wondrous place? I did some brief skimming around after posting yesterday, and I ended up finding one of the guys right off the bat! I knew it was him because I saw a recent picture on a website, and saw the face of the young soldier I once knew, looking right back from this old guy in the pic! A reply from him confirmed what I suspected. I found another name that might have been a possibility, and he emailed right back as well. Another bingo! Hopefully, we can get a line of communication going, this person can contact this person, blah blah blah, and we might just have ourselves a reunion someday!

For starters, I was hoping anybody who's been found will be willing to submit a recent picture of themselves, so we can start some "before and after" pics, and maybe give a brief synopsis of what they've been doing over the years. I'll start:

NAME: Jim Racine
Before: 1987
After: 2003

That's the most recent picture I was able to do right now. It's from three years ago, but I look pretty much the same, except for the beard. It was just something I was trying out at the time, but I thought it would be a good contrast to the young, clean-shaven soldier in the "before" pic.

As for what I've been doing...well, I've done several things, most of which can be summed up briefly in this post from my other blog. Right now, I work as a department lead and forklift trainer in a catalog distribution warehouse. Our company is owned by Deutsche Post, which also owns DHL. We handle a ton of big clients like Victoria's Secret, L.L. Bean, Scholastic, Land's End, Staples, etc.

I'm single (in the "been-there-done-that" category where marriage is concerned), no kids, and I enjoy life the best I can. I have a great cat to keep me company, and a ton of DVD's to watch on my HDTV (with surround-sound). Life is ok.

NAME: John Mozurkewich
Before: 1987
After: 200?

"Life is good for the most part. I am a database administrator. I went to CMU after I got out of the Army and got a degree in computer science. I am currently working on getting a MBA from the same university. I am trying to get a job there, as it is in my home town, where I currently have to drive 35 minutes to work everyday.

I was hosting an event every year for a while called Michigan Clave where people from all around the country would come to fly fish for steelhead in Michigan.

I am married with three kids one from the first wife and two from the second. I got married not too long after I got home from the first gulf war, and after six years it came to an end."