Joel Vaughn:  

These screwballs wanting money from me just to catch up with friends bugs me. You can reach me at gijavajoel at yahoo dot com, since I will be shutting down this shortly. I should point out that I'm fibbing a bit by saying that I'm a "Class of '87 grad", considering I never graduated. That hasn't hampered my civilian education, though. Not a route I'd advise my children to take, but it's worked for me. Quick catch up: Left Highschool at the end of 10th grade. I didn't like peer pressure and wasn't exactly hanging out in the best of circles. I joined the Army and did several years as a medic. I wanted to be Infantry but apparently you have to have a high school diploma for that, but a "Good Enough Degree" is sufficient to be a medic. Hmmm. After a few years in the medical field, I hopped the fence to Military Intelligence. Stop with the jokes now, I've heard them all. Hell, I've even made a few up myself. Cruised through the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California and became a Russian linguist. A few years later, I picked up Serbian and Croatian. I've done some time as an interrogator, but mostly as a signals voice interceptor. I got in at a good time and enjoyed watching former Russian republics attain their independence from ring-side seats. I've made it throughout most of Europe, save France, and a fair amount of Eastern Europe. I've been stationed in Colorado Springs, Germany, Monterey, Mas...Expand for more