Mary Maruszak:  

Life Graduated Harbor Springs HS 1982. Went to Eastern Mich. University one year. Restless already and wanted the adventure of basic military training so enlisted in the US Air Force in January 1984..only my parents knew about it(not even my siblings) up until about a week before I left for Lackland AFB in San Antonio Tx. (I didn't want anyone's opinion or trying to talk me out of it.) It was a grand adventure and highly recommended! After two weeks at home after training, I went to my first assignment in Biloxi Mississippi where I was assigned to the medical center as a medic E-3. I worked on a medical/surgical floor for two years then in the labor and delivery unit for another two. While stationed here I went on special assignments to Fort Hood TX and Nocton Hall, England. Not to mention hurricane Elena. I met my husband during my last year in Biloxi. He had an assignment to Fairchild AFB in Spokane Wa, at the USAF Survival School so....I "got out" and we married. 1988 We went to Washington state where I went to nursing school and worked in a local hospital. Our son was born in 1991 during the last week of my junior year. We got orders to England a few months later, so that was the end of school and beginning of stay-at-home mom. We went to England January 1992. while there, we visited London as often as possible and went on holiday to Mallorca, Spain for a week. From England we went to Germany. While there, we visited Paris and also historic concentration camp areas, castles and the Alps. Then Uncle Sam moved us to Texas in 1995. Upon my return to the USA, my core nursing classes were outdated so I had to start over. ...Expand for more