Past, Present, Future
Past
I was born in
Southampton,
NY in September of 1969. Shortly thereafter, my family moved to
California and I spent my earlier years in southern California and then the Mojave desert town of
Boron, where I graduated from
Boron High School in 1988. I then attended
Antelope Valley College in
Lancaster,
De Anza College in
Cupertino, and
Summer Language Institute at
UCSC before graduating from
San Jose State University on May of 1992 with a B.S. in
Criminal Justice Administration.
I have also taken helicopter flight lessons in a
Robinson R22, and a
Bell 206B JetRanger
from Aviak Flight Center at
Palo Alto Municipal Airport and
Nice Air at
Reid Hillview Airport in San Jose,
where I was a solo student. I am close to a Private Pilot Rotorcraft-Helicopter rating,
and hope to pursue a commercial rating after that, but at current, airspace restrictions,
(the result of recent terrorist attacts), prevent me from continuing solo flight lessons
in the bay area.
In
1994 I returned to De Anza College to renew my
Emergency Responder certificate,
a 50 hour
American Red Cross class required for enrollment into an
Emergency Medical Technician program at
Santa Cruz County ETS Training Center.
I completed the 112 hour EMT program at the year's end, after which I transferred from APS in Santa
Clara to APS in San Jose to work as an EMT at IBM.
In
August of 2000, I made my break for the high-tech industry, working as a tech support representative for
Metricom in San Jose for their product, the Ricochet Wireless Modem.
Although the company has since shut down, I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to work on their
Tech Support team.
After
Metricom's collapse, I was hired on at
UCSC as a
College Proctor. Check out my
UCSC home page.
I very much enjoied working with these students and
UCSC is the most beautiful campus I have ever seen.
Built among the redwood forest foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains,
the architecture of the buildings allows for a magnificent view of of the
Monterey Bay and is integrated closely with the landscape,
preserving as many trees as possible.
Present
Since I found that it is very difficult to proceed on with my career
goals without prior military experience, I decided to enlist in the
U.S. Army for a five year enlistment as a Military Police Officer.
My enlistment started in April and I completed my training at
Fort Leanard Wood, MO
in August of 2003. Feel free to view my
weblog which describes the day-to-day events that took place during
OUST. Like the events at OUST, these log entries range from frequent to infrequent, short
to lenghty, and gripping to darn-right dull, so read them at your own
risk. I will work on an html-based page with pictures when I have
the time.
I am currently stationed in
Kaiserslautern,
Germany, assigned to the 560th Military Police Co., a customs unit which handles U.S. Customs for
U.S. Army Europe
(USAREUR). It is the only MP Co. in the 95th Military Police
Battalion which is not deploying to Iraq. I spend most of my time
operating the Kaiserslautern MP Customs office during business hours,
with occasional short missions to other parts of Europe to clear
military hardware for importation back to the U.S.
Future
My ultimate goal is to work as a helicopter pilot for the
California Highway Patrol.
The CHP has nine
Bell 206L LongRanger and
Bölkow BO-105
helicopters which I could be flying within two years of becoming a CHP
officer, (once I become paramedic rated and build 300 hours of pilot in
command time). If I am unable to obtain the necessary age wavers for
Officer Flight Training, my GI bill will cover most of the cost of my
flight training after I leave the military.
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