Carl Kirtley:  

Hi Everyone: After Graduation I was accepted by Texas Electric Service Company for their CoOp program. I worked the summer of '70 and started UTA Arlington in the fall. I lasted three weeks and dropped out, joined the Navy and began a new career... On 5 November of '70 I went to boot camp in Orlando FL, followed by a school in Lakehurst NJ to be a Navy Parachute Rigger (Aircrew Survival Equipmentman) and then off to my first duty station in Corpus Christi, TX. After 4 years there I re-enlisted and transfered to Barbers Point, HI. Then I requested brother duty in Lemoore, CA, where I deployed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea. Six months later I returned to Lemoore and at the end of that tour I re-enlisted and transfered to Pensacola, FL. After two years I was advanced to Chief Petty Officer (E7) for you military types, and transfered to Kingsville, TX. Three years later I transfered to Lakehurst, NJ to be an Instructor at the PR school, where I was advanced to Senior Chief Petty Officer (E8) . In 1987, I transfered back to Pensa...Expand for more