"Vietnam Reflections" painted by Lee Teter.

The setting of the artwork is at the Vietnam Memorial.  It shows an older man with his hand pressed onto the Memorial wall and with his head down appears to be crying or in a state of great sadness and grief.  On the other side it shows the spirit of several soldiers possibly who died in combat reaching out from the wall and touching the hand of the man on the other side in what looks to be an attempt to console his grief.  It is unknown whether or not the man was a vietnam veteran or if he is the relative of someone who had been killed in action during the war and this is his relative, possibly his father or brother reaching out.

The direct touching of the hand with the soldiers reflection could dictate that the man and the soldier are the same person and the others around him could be the brothers in arms that he had served with that possibly were killed in action.  This is honestly one of the most powerful painting I have ever seen.  I remember seeing this painting at a store when I was younger and still remember it to this day.  Every time I look at it, I am waiting for the man in the picture to just look up and see the faces in the wall looking back at him.  While the mystery of who the man is will remain a mystery the main focus I think the artist was trying to make was that in times of war, it really is about the man next to you, and how people you may have never met before become your brothers-in-arms and will always be with you no matter what.

About Me.

Hello to everyone.  My name is Daniel. I am 25 years old, and I live in the Tunkhannock area in a small town called Factoryville (although the entire time I have lived there I have not seen any factories).  I moved to Factoryville with my family in 2005.  Before that I lived in a small town in New Jersey for the first 19 years of my life.  Moving was hard at first because I had to leave all of my friends behind.  Shortly after moving out here I obtained a part-time and eventual full-time position at Wegman's in Dickson City.  While I was working there I began to realize that I was unhappy and I asked "what do I want to do with my life?"  After thinking about it I enrolled into the police academy at Lackawanna College.  After graduating the academy in January of 2008, finding a job was not as easy as I thought it would be.  I finally obtained a part-time job in February of 2009.  I obtained a second part-time position in 2010. I still work both police departments in Lackawanna County. 

The reason I decided to enroll back into Lackawanna College is because the only way to advance in the field of law enforcement is to have a degree.  My short-term goals right now is to finish the spring semester at Lackawanna and then transfer to Keystone College and obtain my bachelor's degree in criminal justice.  My long-term goal is to one day be employed by either the Drug Enforcement Administration, or the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.

I love to stay active and do things to stay in shape.  As a police officer, physical fitness could mean the difference between life and death.  I go to the gym and run almost everyday.  In my spare time I like riding my motorcycle, or just playing around in the backyard with my siberian husky.