 and uh you know in between there i deployed the desert shield desert storm and a bunch of other things a little flare-ups that we had here and there and i says i you know i'd really like to go back to fort stewart and be a brigade commander of the 25th or 24th met and they said no you're going to the st louis district they said trust us you'll like it well i got there as a district commander for the st louis district i remember that first colonel that interviewed me he was a district commander in detroit