Matthew Fearing:  

coaching at the high school level. I found I enjoyed the middle levels more, so I returned to the midwest and taught junior high. After getting my administrator's certification I became an athletic director, followed by my current career as a building administrator/principal. Military I joined the Army while in NC and went to Basic and AIT for Military Police (1981) in Ft. McClelland, AL (near Anniston). My first duty assignment was Ft. Monroe, VA (1982)and I became a Military Police Investigator after additional training at the Peninsula Police Academy and Ft. McClelland, AL. I went to Presidio of Monterey, CA for Spanish training at the Defense Language Institute (1984) and was subsequently sent to Panama to work with Military Customs in Panama, Honduras, and Ecuador. I served as the interim Atlantic Customs Chief for USSouthCom. After my active duty time, I spent 1 year in the Virginia Army National Guard with an MP unit in Chesapeaker, VA. I had a 4 year break in service before joining the Kansas Army National Guard in 1993. With the 35th MPs, I travelled to Germany for one overseas tour (Kaiserslautern). My last 4 years prior to retirement from the military were spent with the 105th MPAD. I travelled overseas to Japan (Chitose/Sapporo) and Puerto Rico before being deployed for 18 months for duty in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.