Paul Feagins:  

Life Hi all. After high school I basically just worked a few different jobs and partied my ass off. After about five years I began to re-evaluate my state of affairs. While job searching I stumbled across a Navy recruiter, and since I was already considering that as an option, I enlisted. Four years plus two more to cover my technical school, that being Under Sea Warfare, a.k.a. Sonar. I felt like I needed to get out in the world and see other cultures totally foriegn to what we have here in the states and that I need to do something that was important and mattered. I wanted to get stationed over seas but do to people dragging their feet I got stuck with the only thing that was still available, Everett, Washington onboard the Frigate USS FORD. I was not very enthused about spending my tour of duty in the US. I eventually got to visit, although briefly, some of the places over seas that I wanted to see such as Tokyo, Japan, Phuket, Thialand, and Australia between my two deployments with the FORD. I eventually learned that Everyone plays an important part in society, whether they be an executive, delivering mail, or flipping burgers. We all play a part in the larger sceme of things. I reenlisted for the bonus and to get off the ship early, which I blew later by extending for a year onboard to try, to switch my rate (job) which ultimately failed. Once my time was up on the FORD I lucked out for once and got stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i. My job is cake and I get to spend lots of time with the fam. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention I got married on Sept. 24, 2001. She brought two sons to the relationship and since since then we have had two daughters. We also just celebrated our fifth aniversery. Anyway, Hawai...Expand for more