Art Ringler:  

Life I graduate high school in 1988 in June without a plan after 9 months of no plan wild life and a couple close calls with the authorities I decided I needed to get out so I joined the Marines in April 89. I went into the Security Forces in the Marines and spent 18 months living in London and 2 years in the Infantry. While in London I had a blast and actually met my wife Sam and we have been together for 14 years now. Once I was transfered back to the Fleet Marine Force I was assigned to Alpha Company 1st Battalion 4th Marines. While with Alpha Company became a coxswain for small boat raids. I also completed one deployment with them and got to see ;Okinawa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Kenya and Austrailia, I enjoyed some of these experiences more than others. I left the Marines in 93 having done my best and running as fast as I could. If I had learned anything from it, it was that I was not cut out for a career in the Corps. Once I was discarged from the Marines my wife and I moved back to the Seattle area. Once here I got a job in a Warehouse and spent a coupel of years trying to readjust to civilian life. I went to Edmonds Community College and got my Associates in Engineering and then went to work for Boeing right before the huge lay-offs began. I made it about ...Expand for more