Brett Garretson:  

Life Did one year at the University of Colorado and found out I did not like what I was doing. Bummed around Boulder, CO for another year before going back to New York and then joined the Army. I married to the former Christine Wood (class 1991) and we have four children, three boys and one girl. We call Clarksville, TN home as do my parents, now. I am still a member of the United States Army where I am a Chinook helicopter pilot and hold the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 4. I have been on the 3rd world tour for the last 17 years and if you want to see where I have been look at the military bio College Well the first year of college was a disaster in terms of academics. I discovered that engineering was not my thing and that by going to a small rural school I was behind the curve when it came to science and math. Not a hit on my high school teachers but a product of circumstance with a poorly funded rural school. After joining the army I started on my Bachelors of Science degree at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. Most classes were taken at night and a few through the internet. It has been a long drawn out process that I of...Expand for more