Jeffrey Matthews:
CLASS OF 1984
Yates High SchoolClass of 1984
Houston, TX
Prairie View A&M UniversityClass of 1988
Prairie view, TX
ITT Technical InstituteClass of 1986
Houston, TX
Jeffrey's Story
When I was at Yates, I was the quiet, "brother of John and Lisa Bishop". I wasn't really known by many unless I was in class with them. I sang, but didn't join the school choir. I went to PV for a while on an academic scholarship, but something with the family made me have to come back home.
No one was surprised when I went to ITT Tech for Electronics Engineering. I was a geek-- a trendy nerd. The shocker came a year later when I went off to join the Marine Corps. I've been in it for 19 years almost... I might just make this a career.
I've been to Iraq twice, Afghanis...Expand for more
tan once, Panama (when we went in to get Noriega -- where is he now, anyway?) Cuba, Haiti and about 34 other countries. My oldest son understands when I speak Spanish to him. My daughter understands when I speak German to her. I earned Canadian Airborne Wings the same week I earned the Marine Corps Gold wings. (We're not supposed to talk about the "ceremony" anymore, with the "no hazing" rule)
I love what I do almost as much as I love my wife and kids. They are second only to God. Now, I am living about a 22 hour drive away from where I grew up. So... what's new with you?
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