Darrin Bovia:  

Military I joined the Army in May of 1988. Don't know why, but I guess i was burned out on school and needed to take a break. I went to basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. It was pretty hot down there, but I was already in pretty good shape before i joined, so it wasn't so bad. All of the yelling and screaming was actually pretty funny. After basic training I went to training for my job at an Air Force base in Texas. That was fun, as well. I had never been to Texas before then, so it was nice to be somewhere new. The school was five months long, but time went pretty quickly. Once I finished school, I went to Augsburg, Germany. Needless to say, I had never been there before, so it was really great. Have you ever been to McDonalds and gotten beer from the drive thru? Now that is cool (of course that was before we knew how bad drinking and driving was...). I stayed there for four years, and the Army decided I needed a new job. Part of the new job was learning a foreign language. Of course, before the Army teaches you anything, guess what, another test! This test supposedly judges one's ability to learn a foreign language. Quite possibly the strangest test on the planet. So I take the test and the next thing I know, I'm in Monterey, California, learning to read, write and speak Japanese. I thought I was having a bad flashback to a WWII movie or something, but it was really cool. Think about it: How many people do you know that actually speak Japanese? Of course, after learning Japanese, do you actually think the Army would send me to Japan??? Well, much to my surprise...Expand for more