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I graduated from Mesa Jr Hi, freshman year at Helix. Then went to Chicago for sophomore and junior years (Amundsen High). Then back to San Diego, and all the friends I had gone to elementry and junior high with, to graduate from Crawford in its first graduation.
My dad, having retired from the Navy, got a job in Utah and I went to Weber College in Ogden. I graduated in 1961 in the last JC class to graduate before the school converted to four years. It is now Weber State University. While on active duty I took college classes all over (including macro economics in Vietnam), finally got my BA from Fayetteville State University in North Carolina.
I had joined the Marine Reserve while at Weber, but enlisted in the Navy after graduation. I was enlisted in the Navy for six years, rising to petty officer first class. With three years to go on my enlistment, I was discharged to accept an appointment as a warrant officer in the Army. In the two and 1/2 years that I was a warrant officer, I worked my MOS for a total of three months. The rest of the time I was doing commissioned officer duties. So I applied for a direct appointment as a first lieutenant. That came through in 1969 and I was commissioned in the Infantry. In 1971 I was transferred to the Signal Corps, in which my warrant duties had been performed.
The only thing I ever did in the Infantry was go to school, first for Infantry Officer Basic, then to Army Flight School.
I served for 20 years, retiring as a major in 1981. I then worked in industry for six years as a computer programmer/analyst. Then for 11 years as a defense contractor, and since 2001 as a civil servant for the Marine Corps.
Although 72 now, I have no plans to retire. I love my job, so I guess it is not a job. And being around young Marines all day sure seems to be keeping me young. You have no doubt driven right by where I work: The radar domes on Camp Pendleton between I-5 and the beach.
