John Skinner:  

re so I joined the Marine Corp. I went to Paris Island, South Carolina for boot camp, what I surprise. They took a young boy that was screwed up and made a man out of me. I was in the Corp for 5 years before rejoining society. While in the military I was exposed to a great deal that widened my horizons, opened my eyes to the world and made me appreciate what I had being a United States citizen. that in itself was one of the greatest thing I learn from my time in the military, we truelly live in a great country. I was able to travel the globe in my duties and see how others live, what they experience, how they work and play. I also grew up from bing a screwed up young spoiled rich boy to a man and have never looked back. I was an automotive technician and worked on a wide variety of military equipment, mostly tactical support vehicles, taking a M60 tank out for a little test drive, how cool is that? I did not see myself staying in for 20-30 years and at the end of my enlistment contract I decided to become a civilian. I never thought I'd want to go back to that life but after 9/11 I went down to the recruiters and tried to join.. they told me I was to old...