Michael Corwin:  

Life How did I end up in Jacksonville, Florida? Well, I retired here from the Navy in 1994 after transferring from Italy in 1991. After receiving a choice of locations to transfer to here in the states, I decided Mayport, FL was a decent choice. I thought Norfolk, my other choice, may be a bit tough for 10000 Electronics Technicians to find a job. That is one BIG Navy town! I landed a job here when I retired in 1994, and have not changed jobs since. I spent 20 years in the Navy and now 13 years at a civilian contractor job at the Naval Air Station to support the P-3 flight trainers. I work with a bunch of Engineers and Programmers, although I'm neither, but I run all their mainframe computers and PCs, all the networks, hardware and software. I make sure their computers are working so they can use them to write software and make hardware changes to the flight trainers. I have several mainframes and about 50 PCs in three networks. I'm now going to school to learn Cisco routers, in case I want to change jobs and work exclusively in networking. I finished an AS degree in Electronics Engineering, and this degree should be an AS in Computer Engineering. I have been married for 26 years, almost 27. I have three kids- 2 boys (25 and 21) and a girl. The girl is 9, and is my challenge in life right now. She's also my joy, but what a fun couple of years I'm about to have! She is my sweetie, though, and we go everywhere together. Biking, fishing, swimming. My wife says Jessica's a handful, but they get along great. I met Corinne, my wife, in Italy when I was first stationed there in 1979. Her mom is Italian and father is American, so she's half-and-half. She speaks Italian and English perfectly, and after spending 8 years in Italy altogether, I claim to speak Italian fluently. Corinne says BS t...Expand for more