CDR. Hagensted with his charming wife Sloane, together,enlightened what must have been one of our most energized dinner events. Valentine decorations provided by Jackie Kohler truly lit up the room.

"Hog" walked us through the past and current pathways through "Top Gun", Navy Fighter Weapons School. In his career he totaled 2000 hours in F/A-18s, 400 carrier landings and 40 combat missions over Iraq.

He regaled us with tales from the filming of the two Top Gun movies. Tom Cruise was true to his reputation,i.e. filmed as the pilot while flying in the back seat of a F-18 flown by a Navy Blue Angels pilot 50 FEET OFF THE DECK AT 600 KNOTS!!

No doubt many of us went straight home to re-run the movie with new eyes.