Larry Foote Webmaster

Born: 12 February 1947 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings Michigan.

Lives: In the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area..

Father: Fred Daniel Foote (Genealogy #6862) .

Mother: Roberta Mary Oaster

Grand Parents:
Grandson: of Loren Foote (Genealogy #4814)
G Grandson of Martin Porter Foote (#3191)
GG Grandson of Andrew Foote ( #1728)

Early Years
Larry attended grade school at "Northeastern Elementary School" in Hastings Michigan. After completing the sixth grade he attended the "Central Junior High School" and went on to attend part of the ninth grade at "Hastings High School." At age 7 Larry joined the Cub Scouts. After completing all requirements for the Cub Scouts, at age 11 he joined the Boy Scouts of America were he obtained the rank of Star scout and Junior Assistant Scout Master.

At age 14 and during the school year in 1961 he moved with his mother to Anaheim, California where he completed the ninth grade at "Fremont Junior High."

From there Larry moved to Orange California where he attended Orange High School. Since California did not have explorer scouts (only Sea Scouts) he dropped out of the Boy Scouts. At that time he needed two more merit badges to reach the rank of Life and about six more for the rank of Eagle.

In 1963 at sixteen Larry started working in the restaurant business , first as a dishwasher and later as a fry cook at Denney's Coffee Shop.

The next year he started as a Busboy/Waiter in the Branding Iron restaurant in Anahiem California. This was a French cosine gourmet restaurant located a mile south of Disney Land. At lot of Hollywood stars ate at this restaurant on a regular basis.

In December 1964 Larry returned to Michigan and resided in Battle Creek until 1966 where he was a line cook for Sranks Cafeteria. Battle Creek is where Post and Kellogg cereals are made

Army Career
On March 11, 1966 at age 19, Larry enlisted into the U.S. Army. He completed basic training at Ft Polk Louisiana. Larry had enlisted for Parameter Acquisition Radar school, but instead was sent to Cook School at Ft Lee Virginia. After graduation, all but 4 of his class of 56 were sent to Vietnam. The rest were set to Germany via the USNS Geiger, a troop ship from New York to Bremerhaven Germany.

Larry was assigned to a Field Artillery unit in Aschaffenburg, Germany were he worked as a Cook for one and a half years. In October 1967 he was selected as a General's Orderly (Cook) by the Deputy Commandant, 3rd Infantry Division. He then worked for the General in his home in Kitzingen Gerrmany for about six months.

In April 1968 Larry was reassigned to the local Brigade Headquarters as a cook. Shortly after being assigned he reenlisted for Digital Equipment School at Fort Monmouth, NJ.

A year later (October 1969) Larry received orders to attend the 38 week school for the above equipment. He returned to the US around the first of November 1969. He attended the school during 1970. His first assignment after graduation was at Fort Deterick, MD. He then received extensive training in repair of multiple types of electronic devices such as Carrier Systems, and Test Equipment calibration.

In 1973 Larry reenlisted for an assignment back to Germany. He was sent a Signal Battalion with duty at first in Hanau, Germany and later Darmstadt, Germany.

In July 1974 he was reassigned to another Signal Company in Giesson Germany were he was a Chief of the Electronic Maintenance section in the Communications Center.

In 1976 Larry returned to the US and was assigned to the Signal School at Ft Gordon.Georgia

Then in October 1976 he reenlisted and was assigned to another Signal Company in Nuremburg Germany were he was a senior level digital equipment technician. Larry had 4 external sites to maintain in Hohenfels, Grafenwoehr, Bamburg, and Ansbach Germany. During this time he was one of 6 top technicians in Germany.

In 1979 Larry received a reassignment to another Signal Company with duty at Burtonwood Army Depot, Warrenton, England. Warrenton is near Liverpool, England. Larry had several additional duties there such as: Crime Prevention Officer, Rape Prevention Officer, Physical Security Officer, DCO Supervisor to 6 British Civilians, and US Government Liaison Officer between the British and American Governments.

In 1982 Larry was reassigned to Brunssum, The Netherlands, as a maintenance Chief in the Communications Center, and later as the Site Chief.

In 1984, He returned to the U.S after 11 consecutive years in Europe and was again reassigned to Ft Deterick, Frederick Maryland. During his two years there he received extensive training on Satellite Equipment and completed several Navy Electronic Training courses.

Larry Retired from the U.S. Army at Ft Deterick Maryland on 1 April 1986 with 20 years of service.

Civilian Service
On 7 March 1986 Larry was hired on Carlisle Barracks as A DCO supervisor (Telephone Supervisor) with the Information Systems Command (ISC), Carlisle.

About 4 hours into the Job he was reassigned as an Automation Planner/ Project Manager for Carlisle Barracks. Larry worked as a planner/project manager on several high level projects.:

About 1995 the unit he was working for was retired and adsorbed by the ArmyWar College. As a result, Larry was placed in the Computer Training Center He researched, designed, and purchased the audio/visual equipment needed to setup a state-of-the-art classroom. Larry developed and taught several classes on computer software programs including Microsoft Windows, Lotus Spreadsheets, and Harvard Graphics. When the Carlisle Barracks network was initiated he provided training on how to use the new network to most of the personnel on base .

In 1996 Larry was moved to the Automation Help Desk as a Information System Technician responsible for the upkeep the network based computer systems on the base. In 2002 he became the Chief of the Automation Help Desk.

In 2003 Larry was rifted to one of the teaching departments of the U.S. Army War College.. He worked as an Academic operations supervisor in this department for 6 years. He redeveloped their websites and added more that 450 links to the Military Family Program web site. He also served as the budget POC for the department.

In December 2009 Larry retired from the U.S. Government with 23 years of service

Family
During his 30 day leave in November/December1969 (Prior to starting school in January 1970 ) Larry saw his wife to be in a bar with her dad in the small town of Export Pennsylvania. (They both worked for the same company and her dad always stopped for one beer after work) The first time she saw Larry he was hustling pool in the bar. A couple of days later he saw her again at the local skating rink and asked her for a date. Five weeks later he was married on December 30, 1969. Sandy is the daughter of Albert and Rose Aurin of Murrysville, PA

Larry and Sandy have one child Christina Maria Weibley who was born October 5, 1970, and two wonderful grand daughters.. They spend as much time as possible with their grandkids.

Most of Larry's family (Aunts and Uncles) live around Hastings Michigan.

He Has one sister who lives somewhere in southern California.

Other Interests
Larry's other interests are:

Designing and coding Internet Web Pages.
Collecting Antiques.
Woodworking and Antique refinishing.
Collecting old coins
Teaching computer software techniques.
Landscaping.
Music

Ancestors of Melvin Larry Foote (Web Master)
Generation #	Name	Father	Year Born
1	Nathaniel Foote	(3)	1592
5	Robert Foote	1	1627
18	John Foote	5	1670
60	Dr. Thomas Foote	18	1699
219	Jacob Foote	60	1744
680	Miles Foote	219	1774
1728	Andrew Foote	680	1801
3191	Martin Porter Foote	1728	1846
4814	Loran Foote	3191	1883
6862	Fred Daniel Foote	4814	1905
A	Melvin Larry Foote	6862	1947
B	Christina Marie Foote	A	1970
C	Anna Nicole Weibley	B	2001
D	Veronica Marlene Weibley	B	2004

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