Vincent Chavez:  

Well a most of you know, time can surely fly by. I know for me it has. It doesn't seem that long ago that we graduated high school. I got out by the skin of my teeth. It was a good thing since I had already enlisted in the Corps. I left for boot camp on Aug 29th 1983. People have asked me what it was like and my answer is, Its kinda like getting in a car wreck and walking away with out a scratch! You look back at it and think "man that was really cool.....don't want to do it again, but it sure was cool." After Boot Camp, I went on to communication electronics school in twentynine palms CA in Jan 84, during which I got married and had my first child, Ashli. Then to El Toro CA for my first duty in Mar 85 and came back in Apr of 89 where my wife Tracy and I were married in Vegas in Jul 89 (wow 20 yrs), and again in Sep 94 on my 3rd tour where we were blessed with my youngest daughter, Tayelor in Mar of 96. I had the great experience of touring the island of Japan in April of 88 shortly after my baby boy, Vince II was born to my starter wife. I fell in love with the island and the culture and went back two more times, willingly in 92 and again in 98. Heck I'd go b...Expand for more