Mark Gagnon:
CLASS OF 1985
Alvirne High SchoolClass of 1985
Hudson, NH
Mark's Story
Life
I am married w/3 children. Allenstown NH is where Live
School
I hated school - but that was 20 years ago - I now have an undergrade in Computer Science & Financial Planning and love what I do for work
Workplace
In 86 I joined the US Army where I spent 12 years defending our nation. In 1998 I left the military and joined MetLife Financial Services and spent 2.5 yrs painfully learning how to hate a civilian job - I then joined Fidelity Investments and spent 5 years learning how to do it the right way. I am now a partner is a local firm providing financial planning guidance to retiree's and pre-retiree's.
Military
I joined the US Army in 86, my boot camp was located in South Carolina where I had my ass kicked for 6 months. My job for the first few years of my career was as an admin specialist. Basically an office...Expand for more
job. My first tour of Duty was Fort Hood Texas. My next tour of duty was Korea - I worked in a Army Post office for a year. I then was assigned to Fort Lewis, WA - spent 2 yrs there assigned to an infantry brigade as an executive assistant to a Colonel. This is where it gets interesting. I then volunteered for Airborne training and subsequently for an assignment with 1st Special Forces Group. I spent 3 years in a special forces unit jumping from perfectly good airplanes and traveling the globe. In year 9 of my military career I decided to pop smoke and try the civilian world - I started working at Metlife - to say the least it sucked - I went back into the military 2 years later and spent another 3 years blowing stuff up with Artillery units in Korea and Fort Drum in NY. In 1998 I left military service for good.
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