Have You Done Something On The Civilian Side That You Are Proud Of?

MAJ Ken Landgren — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:42:47 -0500

No this is not for publicity as I am not selling these cookbooks anymore. I wrote a cookbook of recipes around the world. It was a lot of work, but it was worth it. Now I don't have to rely on my memory when I decide to cook.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 4 at 2016 4:44 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:44:25 -0500

NICE

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 4 at 2016 4:50 PM

Sgt Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:50:24 -0500

Sir, I am proud that I started on the Space Shuttle program, three years before the first flight, and stayed until one month after the last Space Shuttle flight.

Response by SN Greg Wright made Jan 4 at 2016 4:57 PM

SN Greg Wright — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:57:59 -0500

MAJ Ken Landgren Sure, I continued to serve the country as a Merchant Sailor.

Response by CPO Andy Carrillo, MS made Jan 4 at 2016 5:57 PM

CPO Andy Carrillo, MS — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 17:57:25 -0500

Our newly-formed sheriff's dive team was called out to perform a whitewater rescue of 3 screaming little girls whose father's canoe had capsized. His daughters had been swept into and were caught in tree branches in the middle of the flooded Tuolumne River. I was the rescue swimmer.

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Jan 4 at 2016 6:49 PM

CAPT Kevin B. — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 18:49:57 -0500

Probably being smart with the taxpayer dollar when I was civil service. Got a lot done but pushed back hard when it didn't make sense to spend money. I know I saved millions but I also know higher ups pissed away many more millions because they didn't want to deal with problems their job required them to do.

Response by SGM Mikel Dawson made Jan 4 at 2016 9:01 PM

SGM Mikel Dawson — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 21:01:21 -0500

It's no big deal, but I was able to use explosive knowledge while doing trail work in the back country in Idaho.

Response by SGT Ben Keen made Jan 5 at 2016 8:56 AM

SGT Ben Keen — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 08:56:50 -0500

I have done and continue do things I'm proud of. I, along with some other Veterans, started a small non-profit here in Pittsburgh to support the nearly 50,000 Post 9/11 Veterans in the area. I serve as the Vice President of the board of directors for another nationally-based non-profit providing housing for homeless Veterans and grants to fund other projects across the country and I speak with employers on hiring Veterans and working with Veterans to help reduce the joblessness rate.

Response by SCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 5 at 2016 3:58 PM

SCPO Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 15:58:00 -0500

Well, no matter how I write this it will sound braggadocios, but, with almost thirty years in law enforcement, I arrested hundreds and hundreds of hardcore felons for such crimes as murder rape, and robbery, and, eventually, saw the overwhelming majority sent to federal or state prisons. Many are still there. Three were executed primarily based upon my forensic testimony. They were the lowest of scum, and I only wish I could have "thrown the switch." But, I also saved some lives; pulling some from auto wrecks, others from burning homes, performing successful CPR on number of people. I helped deliver two new babies into the world. In a completely different venue, I taught the DARE program, and I hope that I saved hundreds of children from the heartaches and pain of drug abuse. I will never know now, but I hope something I said reached them. I personally know that I did lose one of "my kids," a very beautiful young 6th Grader, named Ryan, to methamphetamine. Her suicide because of that scourge will haunt me forever. The man at the very top of the methamphetamine trade in America for many years was a local MIssouri named Michael Duncan, often referred to by the DEA as "the Meth King of America." I also helped send him to prison for life because of my direct forensic involvement in his trial for two murders and its slam-dunk conviction. It happened a year or so after Ryan's tragic death, but that conviction was all for her. Even though it was too late...

On a somewhat lighter side, a Ménage et Trois, followed by a highly bizarre and subsequent murder of one of the women, led to my lead role in that investigation which was selected by True Detective magazine to be the cover photo and centerfold article in one of their issues in the middle 1980s. Talk about never seeing that one coming when I dreamed of being a cop when I was a kid!!!

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 7 at 2016 11:16 AM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 11:16:25 -0500

I ran a Chrohns and Colitis Support Group, and that was awesome in itself. I remember having a woman whose situation at home seemed impossible and after gaining his trusy, things got much better. His wife raved about that change, and all I did, was garner his trust, by making him, relevant.

We also ran a Bowl-a-thon for the same organization. The year before I took over, they had two lanes and about 500 dollars in donations. We have 20 or so lanes, made $20,000 dollars in donations. We also have 26 Tampa Bay Bucs players and over 20 race cars and their haulers, A renown Jazz Singer, Belinda Womack, who sang the Star-spangled Banner.

It was a lot of fun inspiring people, with the net effect of getting people involved and enjoying what they do.

I also ran the CFC Campaign and we made 1,335% of our goal. The list in lengthy but the real payback was getting people involved and making the World, a bit better place to live in. MAJ Ken Landgren

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Jan 31 at 2023 10:09 PM

MAJ Ken Landgren — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 22:09:29 -0500

I am doing a major edit of the cookbook and republishing it.

I have helped hundreds of people with PTSD by letting them read my 24-page PTSD Healing paper. It makes me feel good to see people get a second chance in life.