Julia Salinas:  

I am married with my husband of almost 44 years. We have 3 boys and 1 girl but I should say 4 boys and 1 girl. A best friend of my middle son while in middle school adopted us after loosing his mom. He just moved in and we helped to complete his education and upbringing. We have 10 grandchildren. When I married my husband he was already in the Air Force. The good thing about being a spouce of a military person is that you get to visit other countries and states. We were assigned to Abilene, San Antonio, Mississippi, Maine, The Philippines and Germany. Upon getting back from Germany I started working at Kelly AFB from 1983 to 1998. Near the closure of Kelly I was hired to work for McAllen Border Patrol. I worked for the McAllen Border Patrol from 1998 to 2009. My husband too was working in the same location. He arrived in McAllen about 6 months prior to me. We were just lucky that we ended up in the same area. He had to take a down grade to be able to find a Civil Service Position but it didn't take long to get to where he was at Kelly. My husband wanted to retire but decided to wait until my time was up. I was so lucky that my position was upgraded to a GS 9 and in a year a GS-11. During the p...Expand for more