Marlin Brown:  

After graduating from AHS (the very next day!) I moved to Ellsworth AFB, So. Dak. with my family. Dad had been transferred there in March of '62 and the rest of us stayed so I could graduate with my class. My parents were the best! I married an Air Force man and had four children. We divorced after 17 years. In the meantime, we had moved often; Missouri, Colorado, California, Taiwan, New Mexico and finally back to Cali - Travis AFB. I worked for Solano County Veterans Service Office and then Drug and Alcohol Services for a total of about 7 years. Then my now-ex became an insurance broker and I was an agent for a while. Didn't like it much so when he decided he wanted to open a gun shop, I ran that. We ended up with three of them all together (Vacaville, Fairfield and Napa). After the divorce, I tried a few different things - sold solar water heaters(much more fun than I would have thought), was a locksmith for a while(like it, but there just wasn't enough money and no benefits) and finally decided on corrections. I started in Yolo Co., transferred to San Joaquin Co, and finally settled in Sonoma Co. where I retired last year as a Correctional Deputy. I ocassionally wor...Expand for more