tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-244286881825228940.post2854105484671233903..comments2024-02-03T05:26:55.771-08:00Comments on Infinite Jets: New York Jets By The Numbers: # 26 - The Final ChapterInfinite Jetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02430627842781905439noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-244286881825228940.post-51445193507523452892014-07-08T05:00:19.273-07:002014-07-08T05:00:19.273-07:00Thanks for this info. I will revisit Jim Richards ...Thanks for this info. I will revisit Jim Richards in a later entry, for certain!Infinite Jetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02430627842781905439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-244286881825228940.post-74799642828491703422013-03-15T14:41:05.285-07:002013-03-15T14:41:05.285-07:00Met Jim Richards at a Hampton Roads Chamber of Com...Met Jim Richards at a Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce event in Virginia Beach, VA (March 2013). Upstanding, affable, and accomplished gentleman. Glad to have met him Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-244286881825228940.post-73878236802891211702010-08-13T22:52:16.731-07:002010-08-13T22:52:16.731-07:00Better off not making the Jets in 1972.
It is a...Better off not making the Jets in 1972. <br /><br />It is a different time that we're discussing here, where pros were still expected to fulfill ROTC commitments. Thank you, thank you for the info. I'm sorry that I didn't check this earlier.Infinite Jetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02430627842781905439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-244286881825228940.post-87484772371489342942010-02-08T09:51:24.150-08:002010-02-08T09:51:24.150-08:00Jim Richards went into the Army after his second s...Jim Richards went into the Army after his second season with the Jets to serve his two year commitment from ROTC, during this trying time of the Vietnam War. After serving his two years of service in the Army Corp of Engineers, including one year at Fort Belvoir and one year in South Korea, he came back to try out for the Jets in 1972 and did not make the team. He finish his masters degree from Va Tech in Civil Engineering in 1973, and now is a Professional Engineer and a Senior Vice President with AECOM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com