Ken Smallwood:  

Life Graduated in August 9, 1977 at Calvert Senior High MD. I should have been class of "78" but graduated early. My father GMGC(DV-Ret.) K.W. Smallwood Sr. moved from Garden Grove, California in 1976 to retire from U.S. Navy in 1977, Dad wanted to move the family back to Roanoke Virginia that's where my father was from. I Joined United States Navy September 28, 1977 right after I turned 17 which was September 15, 1977. I was my father's replacement LOL :)! The Navy had me back at school BEE (Basic Electricity & Electronics), from there to EEH (Electricity, Electronics & Hydraulics) upon completion of those schools and A & C Schools; I was a Navy trained Technician working on Navy Combat Systems. Upon graduating from all my Navy Schools I requested orders back to my home of California and was station in San Diego. I then attended Chapman College while in the Navy I used (PACE) Program Afloat College Education. However, my degrees were issued from The University of the State of New York, Albany, (BS Electrical Engineering), New York Institute of Technology, (BS Information...Expand for more