Jerry Perkins:  

I have been a Jet Aircraft Mechanic (F-4C), Commercial Fisherman, Hardware and (Radio Shack) Sales Manager, a Divemaster, Computer/Electronics Technician/Sales rep., Acrylic Fabricator (Aquariums), Slot/Gaming Machine Technician, Auto Mechanic, Carpenter, Roofer, Plumber, Electrician and more. The proverbial "Jack of All Trades". Although I graduated from Highlands High School (near Sacramento), I still consider Tulare Union High School my home school because Tulare was my home town where I grew up the first 15 years of my life. Where I went to school with the same kids from kindergarten thru high school. When my dad got his job as a Calif. Fish and Game Warden we moved to the Sacramento area in North Highlands, CA. Highlands H.S. was mostly Air Force family kids who were moving around the country (and world) every couple of years For most of their lives. I knew few of them very well. And lost track of most of them almost immediately after we graduated. I enlisted in the Air Force shortly after high school. and after Basic Training and Tech School was assigned to Yokota AB, Japan where I was an F4-C Jet Aircraft Maintenance Specialist and spent the remainder of of my tour of duty. My father had transferred to the small logging, fishing, and tourist town of Fort Bragg, Ca (not to be confused with the Army Fort Bragg, NC) and I went there after I was discharged from the Air ...Expand for more