Theresa Belville:  

I was a very shy and nieve person. My parents were from old fashioned farming families, they grew up during the 1930's Great Depression and that accounted for my looks at school. Most people remember my brother Daniel because he was on the wrestling team and a year behind me. After graduation I went to University of Northern Colorado, but then my parents couldn't pay for my schooling. I joined the U.S. Marine Corps (for the GI Bill) and went to boot camp in April 1975. I was trained as a Military Police Officer when they first started to let women in other fields besides administration and supply. I got to go to Okinawa in 1977, where I met my then husband. I got out, but then I went back on Active Duty and was sent to Communications School. Most units I belonged to I was the only female or one of only three and the only one to go out into the field. My husband and I were married for 18 years and then divorced. I have two fantastic kids and 4 grandsons and one granddaughter. Off and on I was on active duty or in the reserves for the U.S. Marines.. While I was in the USMC Reserves I worked as a Federal Police Officer (Fitzsimmons, CO and FT ORD, Salinas, CA, and as a data entry clerk for Defense Contract Audit Agency (Boston). I also worked p...Expand for more