Chris Haynes:  

Life Joined Navy 1977 at 17 years old(just), did (20yrs) Aircraft Mechanic 7 Ships,5 Jets,2 Helicopters. I have sailed the seven seas and then some.... Lived in Jacksonville and Pensacola Florida, Norfolk Virginia, Oak Harbor Washington, San Diego and San Jose California, Brucoli Sicily & Tokyo Japan. Married to Japanese wife Chie Kawamura 29 yrs. Retired from the Navy in San Diego 1998. Went to San Jose California in 1998 to work in the chip testing(hardware) industry 1 yr, then to the software industry at Sun Microsystems, Veritas, Symantec and Cisco and MapR (Hadoop) as a software instructor/curriculum developer over the last 25 yrs. Last position was at Couchbase as a technical trainer for an in-memory database company. 2 children, Joe and Roy (twins 2005) They are currently 19 years old and read /write Japanese fluently. The boys are out of the house, it's checkout time...I have always hoped for military service and both boys have received full NROTC scholarships and have applied them at the University of San Diego, when finished they will have a commitment of 5 years active and 3 years reserve Naval service as commissioned officers. My Brother Anthony is a retired Senior Chief( Coast Guard lives in Coos Bay) He did 4 years in the Army and 20 years in the Coast Guard. After being a truck driver in the Army, Anthony went into the Coast guard. He was (like me) involved in aviation maintenance. Look him up if you are ever in Coos Bay. He rides his motorcycle a lot around the country. I have been all over the world for the last 47 years. (6 passports) Been th...Expand for more