Michael Johnson:  

Life I quit school in march 1973 and I joined the United States Marine Corps. I wanted to serve my country as all of my family in the past had done. I had turned seventeen February 24th and I started active duty March 23, 1973. in April 1974 I got married I was eighteen years old. I was trained to be a crew chief on a CH-46 Sea Knight Helicopter and had finished the remainder of my training at Marine Corps Base Santa Ana. In October 1975 my wife and I had our first son and I was about as proud as any father could possibly be. In November of 1975 I went to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Japan where I took night classes and finished getting my High School Diploma. When I returned to the United States they sent me to Beaufort South Carolina. In 1977 the sent me to Virginia to attend the United States Staff NCO Academy where I received Honors as top student in my class, I visited the Pentagon to attend a meeting with the Secretary of the Navy and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. I was then taken to the House of Representatives to meet my Congressman and Senator. It was decided by Congress that I was sent to the FBI academy and finished second in my class. I returned to Beaufort South Carolina and was rejoined with my wife. We had our second son just before we moved to Memphis Tennessee where I continued school to become an Avionics Electronics Technician. After sixteen months of intensive training I was then re-assigned to Marine Corps Base El Toro as the Avionics Production Control Supervisor. I received Two Meritorious Mast from the United States Congress and received two awards from the Secretary of the Navy and delivered to me by the President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. In 1984 I was promoted to E-7 Gunnery Sergeant Meritoriously. I was re-assigned to Naval intelligence Squadron (NIS) under cover Division and broke up several drug rings that were going on at both El Toro and Santa Ana, again proving my FBI training wa...Expand for more