Timothy Starr:  

After Indy I goofed off at a couple of junior colleges, spent a bit of my parents money. In '93 I joined the Marine Reserves and served as an anti-aircraft missile radar tech in Hayward, CA for six years. It was the 90s and Clinton was the Prez and we didn't do a whole lot beyond grease jacks one weekend a month. After they decommissioned my unit they sent me across the bay to San Bruno where I got to wash trucks one weekend a month. At least I got to wear a cool uniform. Separated from the Corps in '99. After the Marines I spent a couple of years being utterly useless. I had some crappy jobs, a couple pretty girlfriends and some super cool buddies. Then 9/11 happened. That really irritated me but what could a useless, over weight 28 year-old do about it? Get his act together, that's what. In May of '02, after some careful consideration and several appointments with a personal trainer, I got back in the uniform. Air Force blue this time (28 is no age to join the Corps, unless you want to destroy your knees). I decided to use my head for thinking instead of using it to hang a helmet. Now I'm a communications system project manager at RAF Molesworth in the UK and I can't imagine a better job in the military. I get to manage the installation of some super cool communications systems to suppor...Expand for more