Ron Harding:  

After graduation, I enlisted in the Air Force. I started basic training in April, '85 and was discharged in April,'89. I was stationed at March AFB, Ca which is a few miles SE of Riverside. After I was discharged, I moved back to Vegas with a nice sized nest egg. I took off the rest of the year. I worked at the El Rancho as a bellman for a month or so, then landed a job at McDonnell Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach. I lived in Tustin with my Aunt and Uncle for a while. In the mean time, I was trying to get on with Metro (4 times I tested). They were not convinced that I was not a recovering alcoholic/drug abuser. So, needless to say, that wasn't going to happen. The summer of '90 is when Desert Shield kicked off and I was itching to get back into the military. I have been in ever since. I love what I do. I went back to March AFB as an Air Reserve Technician. In Jan,'94, my father, who had been employed with Union Pacific Railroad, was involved in a head on train collision. There were four people involved. Three survived. My father was banged up pretty bad and that was the end of his railroad career. In '98, my parents purchased property in Montana and in 2000, ...Expand for more