NORFOLK, Va. — When he was 12 years old, Greg Saddler relocated from North Carolina to Portsmouth, Virginia, with his mother. It didn’t take long for the energetic, talkative young man to get acclimated to his new home. When he got to high school, he met a very special young woman whom he developed a budding relationship with. However, another young man, Joseph Redwood, had been admiring that same young woman for a long time, and didn’t like that this new guy won her over. The two teens were destined to cross paths, and their meeting each other would shape the rest of their lives.
“He was dating a nice, little young lady that I liked for a long time. Now I’m trying to figure out, how am going to compete with this guy?” Military Sealift Command (MSC) Civil Service Mariner, Cargo Mate Joseph Redwood, said with a laugh.
“I wasn’t dating her, she was my girlfriend!” responded MSC Civil Service Mariner, 3rd Assistant Engineer Greg Saddler, also laughing…