A Friend of Corpsman.com Passed today, They will be missed.

Today was the last day for the publication the “ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS”.

Few of you read this paper as it is/was located in the Denver, CO area.

I at Corpsman.com have had a relationship with the Rocky Mountain News for a few years in that Jim Sheeler, who used to be a writer for the paper wrote a sad but wonderful article about one of my fallen students who was KIA in IRAQ.

Navy Hospital Corpsman Christopher A. Anderson. (Doc Anderson) was one of my students at NHCS.  When we lost him, it was the day the war turned real for me.  Here was a young man who had just gone through our school, excelled, and was taking care of his MARINES, when this tragedy befell him.

There have been many “Doc’s” who have given the ultimate sacrifice to our country during this time of war and strife.  None were better recognized then by Mr. Jim Sheeler, a writer from the Rocky Mountain News.  Jim didn’t just write a story about someone that he was told to write about, he actually got to know the Doc and their family, instructors, the back story so he could better relay the history.

I met him as he was looking up info about HN Anderson.  Doc Anderson was known at NHCS, because he earned a NAVY Achievement Medal while a student at our school.  This really is unheard of, but HN Anderson had taken the initiative to go and work recruiting back at home while on Christmas leave and earned it from the recruiting station.

This story and his family story would never have seen the light of day if not for the “Rocky Mountain News” and Mr. Jim Sheeler.

The Rocky Mountain News today became a casualty of the current economy.  Their last publication was today.

Mr. Sheeler has already found employment as a Scholar at the University of Colorado.  I am glad he is doing this job, I hope the students he helps guide learn from him and follow his guidance.

We at Corpsman.com grieve for Denver’s Loss.  It is like losing one of our own Doc’s.

Mr. Sheeler, Keep on Keeping on.  We salute you.

Da-Chief
Corpsman.com