1940, November 28:  Born in Santa Rosa de Copan in Honduras, Central America, to Perry and Minnie Dymond who were Assembly of God denomination protestant christian missionaries.

1943/1944: Spent a year at home in the United States, where his Sister Vicky was born, in Bremerton, Washington State.

1948:  Spent a year at home in the United States, his sister Carol gets married to Clinton Berggren.

1954:  Left Honduras at the age of 14, lived with his parent in Bremerton, WA.

1955:  Moved to Prosser WA, to live with the Skaggs family.

1956: Moved to Raymond WA, with the Skaggs family.

1958:  Graduated High School, began attendance at Northwest College in Kirkland WA, a well known christian college.

1962/1963:  Senior year at Northwest College, worked part time at a hospital in Seattle. Enlisted in the Navy to pre-empt being drafted for involuntary military service.

1962/1963:  Boot Camp in San Diego CA, Corps School at Balboa Naval Hospital, Operating Room Tech School in Oakland CA.  Transferred to Bremerton as an O.R. tech.

1964:  At Sister Vickys graduation ceremony from Northwest College, Rich was told to call the Naval Base, and was informed that he would be shipping out to Vietnam the very next day.  He flew from McChord AFB to Travis on a tanker, took a commercial airline to Saigon, then a C-130 transport to Denang, and finally a mail chopper to a Heli Carrier: The USS Iwo Jima.  Aboard this vessel he traveled to Hong Kong where he was apalled at the high prices his fellow sailors were willing to pay for a hamburger when surrounded by plentiful, cheap, and exotic chinese cuisine.  Enroute to the Phillipines and then home from Vietnam, the ship was diverted to Indonesia without resupplying.  As a result, the crew ate roast beef for a week and a half straight.  On the way to the Phillipines they spent time assisting a grounded destroyer, the USS Frank Knox.

1967:  Stationed in Bremerton, Richard spent a month with his parents in Guatemala, then re-enlisted and was soon sent to Danang in Vietnam.  While spending New Years in San Diego, he attended a Church where his future bride Linda Kuch came up to him and said: "I remember you from College".  He quickly deadpanned "My, how you've grown up!"

1968:  Flew San Diego to Danang direct, and the infamous 1968 Tet Offensive occurred just a week later.  Richard took a number of photographs while there.  In the summer of '68, he took R&R to Hawaii, where he met up with Linda Kuch.  She had taken a 3 week trip with a group, to get a discount.  She paid for the trip with part her money, and part her Mother's.  Coming home for Christmas, Richard presented Linda with an engagement ring, then extended his deployment for 6 months.

1969: After returning home from Vietnam, married Linda Kuch in a church ceremony in Odessa WA, Linda's home town, in the summer of 1969.  Later that year they moved to Qantico VA, to a trailer park with a Stafford Address.  Hence the running joke that they name their daughter Staffina Virginia Dymond. This did not occur.

1971:  First child was born April 21, a girl named Lynann Marie.  Her first name being a combination of her mothers and grandmothers names, Linda and Anna.  Richard began Advanced Hospital Corps school in Portsmouth, VA.

1972:  After finishing with school, moved wife to Port Angeles WA where much of his family had settled. 

1973:  While Linda was 7 months pregnant with their second child, he flew to Bermuda for duty with the Navy.  He received word of the birth of his son Robert Perry on May 11 via Red Cross Telegram.  Perry is Richard's middle name, and his Father's first name.

While stationed in Bermuda, some tendons in Linda's hand broke due to severe rheumatioid arthritis, so Richard took the whole family to Bethesda for surgery.  The Navy transferred him there for 3 years, during which time they bought the original Honda compact car, an Orange CVCC.  The family flew to Washington State to visit Linda's family on the farm in Marlin near Odessa, and family in Port Angeles.

1980:  Deployed to Okinawa, Linda moved to Odessa for the duration with the children.  3 to 4 months of his deployment was spent in Korea on the DMZ during the winter.  Here he learned that you can heat up Dr. Pepper when you are short on coffee.  On Thanksgiving Day Linda and the kids took a Brown Honda Civic to Camp Pendleton near Oceanside CA.

1982: Moved to Bremerton in preparation of retiring from service.

1984:  Moved to Lamona near Odessa WA in June after retiring from active duty.  The next 3.5 years were spent going to Eastern Washington University, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration. Therefter spent nearly 2 decades as the X-Ray technician in the Odessa Memorial Hospital.

2004:  Travels to Australia for several weeks for his sons wedding in Brisbane.  Later has Colon Cancer operation, complete recovery.

2007:  Triple Bypass Open Heart Surgery, complete success.  This event facilitates  and coincides with his retirement.

2008: Purchases home in Spokane WA near their daughter.  Frequently visits son in Seattle WA.