Joshua Turner:  

Military After get kicked out of Kendrick high and seeing that my life was going no where but in the toilet I decided to join the Navy Reserve. In Oct 1988 I left Columbus Ga. for Greatlakes Naval Recruit Training Command. Where I endured 8 weeks of what I, at the time, considered to be hell on earth. I then reported to NCTC Port Heuneme, California to be trained as a Heavy Equipment Operator for the Navy's elite construction unit the SEABEEs. Upon graduation I was sent home to my Reserve duties but with a poor job market at home and the fact I was falling back into some of the same ole things I was doing before I left I decided that active duty was the place for me. I reentered active duty in April of 1989 and attended NAVET training in Orlando. I spent 3 glorious months having the time of my life. I was then sent to Gulfport, Ms. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74. I was stationed there from 1989 to 1993 and Deployed to several exciting countries such as Okinawa, Japan; Pohang, Korea; Mushaab, Saudi Arabia (DESSERT SHIELD/STORM); Peurto Rico and Honduras. After a brief flirtation with becoming a civilian again I decided to reenlist and transfer to Williamsburg, Virginia Naval Cargo Handlers Training Battalion (1993-1995). Immediately upon reporting to this command I was deployed to Somalia this I should have viewed as anomen of things to come because of the 27 mo...Expand for more