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Started very late in the military (age 24) as a comm engineer on the nuke fields of Minot North Dakota. Prior to that I was a very well off doorman at a 5 star hotel (did the ol' "where will I be in 5 yrs"). After the AF I became a government contractor doing comms for 14 yrs (for Lockheed and Northrop), then made the switch to GS in 2015. Now a days I get to use the executive bathroom and lock up the place...LOL. The GS position is a Safety Engineer for the Missile Defense Agency.
 
Lab equipment sales with a Chem degree and MBA.
My wife is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner.
Both of our jobs are interesting in a way, but hers is much more entertaining...the stories!
 
Worked in a civilian nuclear power plant for 37 years after doing a tour of duty in the Nuclear Navy. Went to school at night to get an MBA. Retired in 2014. Went back to school to become an EMT and then an AEMT. Now I volunteer with a rural ambulance service.
 
38 years spent in the paving-sealcoating industries here having retired a year ago. The 4 month winter layoff every winter was by far the best part of seasonal work. Every year I would tackle a huge remodeling project as getting paid to work on your own projects is just great.
Now since all my retirement projects have been completed the boat is packed and ready to go for a fun day on the water.
 
BS in mechanical engineering with a minor in nuclear science.
Spent 9+ years at ClearMotion working on high bandwidth active suspension systems. Started out doing mechanical design/analysis, then moved into something more like systems engineering, and finally managing vehicle integration.
The last 5 years I've spent at BAE Systems as a lead engineer and/or program engineering manager for R&D projects. Fun stuff.
 
1975 - 2 year degree in electronics at the local tech school resulted in 3 years as a field service tech.
1979- they moved me into sales
1989- went to work for a manf. rep firm selling electronic components and ended up buying the company.
2022- retired- just fyi retirement for me has it's pros and cons. I miss the feeling and sense accomplishment of "winning". I guess it's my personality. I try to curb that urge on the tennis court and try to just have fun. Keeping my vintage stuff running does help to keep the brain cells moving.
 
I had a lot of jobs growing up from apprentice plumber to truck driver, and then bench tech when I failed my last DOT physical 3 times.
Most my life was driving truck, 3 axle sleeper tractor pulling tanks and dry vans OTR and local.
Retired Jack of all trades master of none.
 
I made it to MWO (30 YOS) before I was finally told by the flight surgeon that I was too “broken” and he “couldn’t let me do this to myself anymore”. They medically retired me. My chain was pretty pissed, they had me marked for senior appointments. I was particularly fond of the time I got to serve as SWO (ie:RSM). Oh well, retirement agrees with me so no regrets.

Served with some guys that were RCR. Some were PPCLI. Some were Navy. SAR takes any branch, as long as you can make the cut.

All tough sob’s. Fast friends. Trusted me with their lives more than once and me same to them. I would have given my life if it meant saving theirs. I know they would have done the same.

Brotherhood.

Once you’re been a part of that, it’s an experience that stays with you forever. A bond that never fades, a duty to each other that is always answered, a responsibility thats never shirked. If they call, I answer. No matter what it is they need. I know they would do the same.

Branch of the service is irrelevant to me. All who have served are entitled to the same level of respect. At the end of the day, we’re all brothers (and sisters).

I tip my hat to your service as well. Not a lot of people in this country understand what it is to be CAF. Understaffed, under-equipped and underfunded yet still accomplish the mission. Our strength is in the quality of our people. Takes a special type of person to be CAF.

“RESCUE!”
 
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I'm a leftover from The Summer of Love. Always wanted to do artwork, but I knew that it probably wouldn't pay the bills, but that's what I loved to do. Met my wife in high school and we stuck it out together and both received degrees without taking out loans. I worked in the post office while she went to nursing school and she worked as a nurse while I went to grad school. She also has a BS in American Studies. 5 kids came along and we moved around from N.J. to Utah to New Hampshire. I stayed with the post office for 37 years as a letter carrier and she spent 41 years mostly in OB nursing. We've had tough times, but that makes you stronger. We are now retired and enjoying our three grand kids.

My wife is working part time as a teacher's aide in our town and loves helping kids. I do the flea market and sell records and books online. July 20th we'll be married 50 years and still going strong. I have an art studio in my house and a small music/computer room and my wife has an office to play around in. 3 of our kids are less than 20 minutes away and one is just over an hour. One is a doctor in St. Louis. We aren't materially rich, but we are family rich which was always important to us. Hopefully the next 50 years of marriage will be just as good. :thumbsup:
 
Merchant Mariner, deep sea, unlimited tonnage, any ocean - 31 yrs, retired. BS.

It was fantastic!! What a lifestyle!! (You wouldn't even believe it.)

A Capt. Jack Sparrow, Pirate, lifestyle!! :rockon: "Work HARD & Party HARDER!!" :banana:

:beerchug:

Do I miss it? :biggrin: Of course I miss it, it was ' Big Serious ' 24/7/365 Fun!!!!! But 'everyone' has to retire someday.
Where did that 31 years go! :)

Like we used to say: "I can't believe they let us have all this 'big-time serious fun' - AND they pay us to do it! " (Jokingly, we also said: "I'd do it for free!!")

It's an unbelievable International reality - IF your ' into it '.
 
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BS in computer science and engineering 1986. Database focused career. 26 years doing IBM mainframe computing and client server app dev. Been working at the power company for the last 11 years doing business intelligence, data engineering, Oracle, SQL Server, Informatica, Tableau, Cognos, PowerBI. Probably some Azure and Databricks in the future unless I retire first. My brain is full!
 

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I have been trained for and worked a lot of different jobs in a lot of different fields.

Retail sales, In home sales, Golf course greens keeper, Bouncer, Hovercraft test pilot/flight instructor, UPS delivery driver, Traveling merchandise & display, New store setup, Security ... I know I am forgetting others.

My current jobs are sales of M14/M1A rifle upgrades, and servicing residential water quality improvement equipment.
 
I was trained/educated as a mechanical engineer, with quite a bit of electrical engineering thrown in for "fun" at Georgia Tech.

Most serious jobs I've ever had, have been involved with the audio industry somehow. My first job was at a little car/home audio shop in Moultrie GA, in high school. I actually took what courses I did in college, to get as much relevant information for audio engineering and design, as I could.

I worked at seven different audio stores/companies, before, along with two partners, starting our own high-end audio shop in 2011. I have been handling all the "back office" stuff (orders, budgeting, bill-paying, etc) stuff for that company since then, as well as interacting with many of our vendor partners, to help set up very elaborate and high-performance show exhibits (AXPONA, Munich High End, and such). I also travel all over the country, doing installs and service of high-end systems we sold. From our location in Marietta GA, I've been everywhere from Boynton Beach FL, to Goshen IN, to Minnetonka MN, to Little Rock AR, to Carmel CA, just to name a few.

In addition, I, along with three different partners, started a pro-audio sound and lighting rental company shortly after the start of my home audio venture. That's what's been taking up more and more of my time- we've been successful in ways that has stretched us- mostly in good ways. Out of necessity- finally realizing that there's no way I can do everything myself- I've learned to be a pretty good manager/leader, for the people who work for us on our gigs. I've learned to recognize and respect people for their different skill sets- we have one partner who's a great "situational assessor" (he can take thirty problems, arrange them in order of priority, and come up with a plan of who handles what, in what order, to make the most progress in the quickest time), one who is a great organizer (he's great at creating systems and work orders, assigning equipment and people to where they are best utilized) and one who is a more "out of the box" thinker. It's about growing and progressing. I'm still best at individual problem solving (give me a weird situation that nobody else can figure out, and I will make it work, somehow), but it's gratifying to be able to have good people to do the work, with me, now...

Regards,
Gordon.
 
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I'm a leftover from The Summer of Love. Always wanted to do artwork, but I knew that it probably wouldn't pay the bills, but that's what I loved to do. Met my wife in high school and we stuck it out together and both received degrees without taking out loans. I worked in the post office while she went to nursing school and she worked as a nurse while I went to grad school. She also has a BS in American Studies. 5 kids came along and we moved around from N.J. to Utah to New Hampshire. I stayed with the post office for 37 years as a letter carrier and she spent 41 years mostly in OB nursing. We've had tough times, but that makes you stronger. We are now retired and enjoying our three grand kids.

My wife is working part time as a teacher's aide in our town and loves helping kids. I do the flea market and sell records and books online. July 20th we'll be married 50 years and still going strong. I have an art studio in my house and a small music/computer room and my wife has an office to play around in. 3 of our kids are less than 20 minutes away and one is just over an hour. One is a doctor in St. Louis. We aren't materially rich, but we are family rich which was always important to us. Hopefully the next 50 years of marriage will be just as good. :thumbsup:
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Bob is a really damn good artist! I bought one of his artworks. Very unique and well done!

Bob, keep creating art! I can help!
 
20 years with Kaiser Aluminum.... 15 of which, in the shipping department, loading trucks with a 15 ton bridge crane, in addition to warehouse logistics.

8 years, Honeywell starting with production, then ending in equipment engineering group

4 years, US Navy, Sonar technician

6 years, played in a band (made enough to pay for all of my home and pro sound equipment 10 times over)_
 
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I'm an artist. It was that or an astrophysicist.
I paint...
take photos
do graphic design
art/creative direction
digital artwork
web design
marketing
volunteer
Currently on the board of directors for these nonprofits.
Maui Camera Club (established in 1936), Ansel Adams once presented.
Art Maui (1979), responsible for the formation of Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Where I saw WAR, Willie Nelson and Bonnie Raitt perform.

Art is Life is Art
 
College credits for Aluminum Alloys class at Gonzaga University, and AutoCad from PacifiCad Very much enjoyed learning and exercising brain cells, now I just get frustrated in dealing with dumb - assery and laziness. It is my own fault for not fixing or leaving.
 
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