Dennis Fairbanks:  

Life After graduating from Thousand Oaks High School in 1968, I continued my education and stole a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Redlands. My Draft number, being in the low 60s, caused me to join the California Air National Guard / Air Force Reserve out of the 146th Tactical Airlift Wing, Van Nuys, California. I was not the only TO person in the unit. I was joined by Keith Hughes, Kurt Russell, and others I can’t recall. When this enlistment was up I transferred over to Coast Guard Reserve. I worked on a 41' search and rescue boat out of the Channel Island area. I was a Federal Boarding Officer and spent six years as a Special Agent assigned to the Coast Guards Intelligence and Law Enforcement Branch. While going to school I worked as an Emergency Medical Technician with Pruner ambulance service, which covered Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Agoura Calabasas and Malibu. Fun job with lots of memories, good and bad. I recall picking up one of our classmates, Lynn Despain, who was fatally injured on his motorcycle on Hwy 23. I retired from the California Highway Patrol after 31 years. I spent half of my career in Ventura working in Thousand Oaks area. Had the opportunity in stopping some of our teachers, should have wrote Ms Warkentein (she gave ...Expand for more