HomeTown: Thurmont, MD
YearsTeam: 9
Email: jdgeyer@verizon.net
Years in the Army: 22
Accomplishments on the Team: Aviator of the Year 1989
Jobs: Demonstrator - Gold Team, Demonstrator - Black Team (briefly), Airshow Coordinator, Team Operations NCO, Aviation Operations NCO, Aviation Section NCOIC, Contracting Officer's Representative
Accolishments in the Army: Indirect Fire Infantryman, 24th I.D., Mortar Section Leader, 1st Ranger Battalion, Special Operations Team Leader, 1st Ranger Battalion
Chief Instructor, Pre-Ranger Course, 1st Ranger Battalion, Aeroscout Pilot
Command and Control Pilot, Medivac Pilot, Military Science Instructor, Distinguished Honor Graduate - ANCOC, Commandant's List Graduate - Flight School

Accomlishments - Family: My wonderful wife, Jeanne, is a major on active duty as a medical research scientist stationed at Fort Detrick, MD. I have 4 children, all grown. Son Jesse will receive a commission in the Army in May of 2008. I have 2 fabulous grandchildren, Issac and Tyler.

Following my retirement, I became the Contracting and Purchasing Manager for the 6th District of the Federal Reserve Bank.  After Jeanne was called to active duty, I returned to school and have received two degrees, one in business administration and the other in art-archaeology.

Summa Cum Laude - University of Maryland University College, 2004
Second Century Grant recipient for archaeology research, 2006
Suzanne Gottert Prize in Art, 2007
Summa Cum Laude - Hood College, 2007
Hood College Top Academic Record Award, 2007

Now: I am a avocational archaeologist, specializing in lithic analysis.  Most of the research is conducted  as part of a dig at a site in central Turkey.  I hope to enter graduate school to get an advanced archaeology degree.  Other than that, I still do a lot of hunting and fishing, and I am introducing my grandson to the fine art of crabbing in the Chesapeake Bay.