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network under Nina Buzby . She has performed with Aida Strings , Musica D ’ Archi and Grace Notes for various engagements throughout the Hampton Roads area .
Megan has also branched out into Kindermusik and is currently teaching ABC Music and Me classes at the Hampton Roads Montessori in Newport News , VA and the New Galilee Early Childhood Development Center in Chesapeake , VA .
In her spare time , Megan enjoys dancing as a company member with Suwabi African Ballet , serving as a volunteer with the d ’ Zert Club and arranging some of her student ’ s original compositions for an upcoming anthology entitled Key Kollections , which she plans to selfpublish . She also enjoys making pottery , visual arts and sewing .
Ed Gantt Captain Edward W . Gantt , USN enlisted in the U . S . Army after completion of high school and spent most of the next three years as a helicopter crew member , including a 12-month tour in South Vietnam as a helicopter door gunner and crew chief . After graduating from Howard University , in May 1977 , with a degree in zoology , he entered the Naval Aviation Officer Candidate School in Pensacola , Fla ., earning his wings in 1978 , and went on to train in the F-14A Tomcat . He has accumulated more than 2,000 hours in F-14s , flying during the Iranian Hostage crisis , in 1980 ; the evacuation of U . S . personnel from Beirut , Lebanon , in 1982 ; the capture of the Achille Lauro hijackers , in 1985 ; U . S . Operations in the vicinity of Libya , in 1986 ; and Operation Provide Comfort , over Northern Iraq , in 1991 .
His awards include the Joint Meritorious Service Medal , the Meritorious Service Medal , the Air Medal , the Joint Services Commendation Medal , and others . He considers one of his most significant accomplishments the completion of U . S . Army Airborne and Ranger Schools at Fort Benning , Ga .