Brian Miller:  

Life Hello everybody, Most of you will probably remember me best from Brookhaven or Tuffree rather than ElDorado since by that time I was a bad boy and ended up in ElCamino Real for missing too many classes. At 16, with Mom in tow, I joined the Navy on their delayed entry program and was scheduled to go in right after my 17th birthday but first I had to be tested. I didn't have a high school degree and only finished the tenth grade so the recruiter didn't have much hope that I would become much more than a Boatswain Mate. I took the ASVAB which stands for Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test. To everybody's surprise, including me, I scored so high I was pretty much given any choice I wanted. I chose the advanced electronics field where I went to various schools for about the first 18 months of my Navy career learning all about advanced radar and weapons systems, (Missiles/Guns/Radar). I had only planned on staying in for the initial 6 years however plans are meant to be changed. I stepped onboard my first ship, the USS America, CV-66 out of Norfolk VA in January 1984. This was just the first of four ships. The USS Paul F. Foster DD-964 was next followed by the USS Nimitz CVN-68 and the USS John C. Stennis CVN-74. I have been fortunate to have visited far too many places to list here without putting you all into a coma from boredom so I won't even try. I retired as a Fire Control Chief Petty Officer in October 2002 after nearly 21 years of service and quickly landed my first "real" job at ITT Industries, Gilfillan Radar Division in Van Nuys, CA. The family then packed up the house and headed to Lancaster California where we moved into our brand new 2700 sq ft house. After about 4 years there I took a new position at ITT Communications Information Systems division in Colorado Springs colorado as the Logistics Manager where we build satellite systems for the military. Colorado proved to be quite the culture shock to me and my family so after about two years I was looking to get back to sunny, and warm, southern California. Luckily our house had not sold so we were able to move right back in. I was not only able to go back to ITT Gilfillan in Van Nuys but also I was promoted to Integrated Logistics Support Manager. I am married and we have gorgeous twin 12 year old daughters, Elizabeth and Rebecca and 2 four legged children, (dogs), Dakota (German sh...Expand for more