John Baltierra:  

After graduating from SJ I spent the summer working and partying in Firebaugh, CA. Joined the Army on my 18th birthday and really started to grow, physically and as a person. I was a military policeman which helped me gain confidence in myself and I sprouted to 6 foot 185 lbs. I spent three years in the Army and decided I wanted to give the Marines a chance and enlisted. I spent the next 11 years traveling the states and the Pacific Rim. I think I was living every guys fantasy, I would go rock climbing in the sierras, diving in Mexico and the east China Sea, Jumping out of Helicopters, Driving across country on a motorcycle. I had numerous relationships but never settled down. I had a Mid Career Crisis in the Marines and it stopped being fun, so I got out. I became a Agricultural Inspector for the U.S.D.A and became a fruit tramp, following the harvest from El Centro up to the Central Valley, inspecting during the day and doing some serious partying at night. I decided to slow down a bit and was hired as a Ag Inspector for Fresno County and then eventually became a deputy, catching pro...Expand for more