Eric Cook:
CLASS OF 2001
Kirkwood High SchoolClass of 2001
Kirkwood, MO
Eric's Story
School
My biggest crush was this girl named Sandy Smith. I think my principle inspired me the most on visions of who I wanted to be. Yes, I would do it all over again. Some of the girls I dated I shouldn't had broken up with. I should have proceeded in pursuing the ones I did like. Studied more and kept my face in those books. And not let fun interfer with my school work.
College
I don't have a roommate or go to school full time. I go to school part time. I take two ten week courses in one semester. You wouldn't know how stressful that is until you did one ten week course. But, I go to school at Northern Virginia Community College on the marine base Quantico. They offer military free education. Why not take advantage of it. I going for my associates in general studies so I can get the feel of school again. Since I've been out of school for four years. Then I'm headed to work on my bachelors in architecture.
Workplace
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stressful job. I'm like an automoble and trucks mechanic, a truck driver and an aircraft refueler. This all military related work that I do on a day to day basis. Basically I get down and dirty. I know all the odds and ends, troubleshoot a mechanism that doesnt'work, and a lot of other outragous things you rarely do in the civilian world.
Military
I went to boot camp two weeks after I finished high school. It was a big culture shock, from seeing everything to just green and black uniforms. I graduated boot camp at the end of August. Then went to MCT (marine combact traing) for two weeks. After I graduated from MCT. I went straight to MOS school to learn my job in the marines. I made it to the fleet in November of 2001. On Nov. 23 I found myself at my first duty station in 29 palms. During the time I was there I did a tour in Iraq from Jan. 2004 to Sept. 2004. The I PCSed to Quantico, Virginia. Where I'm currently stationed to this day.
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