Bryan Smith:  

Life Gradeschool at Oak Hill (K through 3rd) then Scott (4th through 8th). Highschool at Evansville North. Homeroom was Mr Uhde. Fortunate to graduate really - too much booze and smoke, regret not putting forth a much better effort. Entered the Air Force on my 21st birthday. Smartest thing I ever did and it completely changed my life. My career field in the Air Force was 3C0 - in normal language this translated to Communications - Computer System Operator. It was a very broad career field - and because of that, I worked all kinds of jobs during my Air Force tenure. These included switchboard operator (early in my career), message center operations, PC repair, processing IT requirement technical solutions, information assurance and computer security, system administration (3 different functional mesaging-type systems), communications security and Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge (boss guy) and Chief (another boss guy). I was stationed at McChord (Washington state), Yokota (Tokyo Japan), Andersen (Guam), Misawa (Northern Japan) and Kadena (Okinawa). I also did three AEFs - first to Naples, Italy (can you freakin' believe that!); the second to Sarajevo, Bosnia; and the third to Tallil AB (now known as Ali AB), Iraq. I retired out of the Air Force as a Master Sergeant in January 2005, after serving 21 years. Initially after retirement, I did DoD contract work as a System Analyst for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) working with the Marines on Okinawa. That went on for a little over a year. After that, I transferred from CSC to General Dynamics (GD). I started with GD on Okinawa (supporting Marines), then worked for them in Hawaii (again supporting Marines), but am now working for them in Germany (Stuttgart - supporting a Joint Service operation). The Air Force and DoD contractor work has provided me numerous opportunities to travel (good and bad) and I have either lived in, worked in, or visited, the following countries: Canada, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippines, Guam, Singapore, Italy, Germany, Bosnia, Croatia, Iraq, Oman and Kuwait. I have also survived a Category 4 typhoon eye passage and an 8.1 earthquake. I was married in 1991 to a Japanese national who I met while stationed at Yokota Airbase. We were married until early 2007. I remarried to a wonderful Filipina woman named Erlinda in December 2007. We are very happy. Hobbies include hanging out at the beach, cycling (road and mountain), going to the gym (when time permits), golf, listening to and collecting music, watching a "good" movie, traveling, chillin' with the ol' lady (term of endearment), trying to wisely invest our savings and computer gaming (especially war-gaming - I'm a bit of a grognard). Most beautiful places I have ever visited are Capri (Italy) and the Kerama Islands (Okinawa). Most interesting places I have ever visited are Japan and Hong Kong. Ciao Bu-jin ************************************ School Gradeschool at Oakhill (K~3rd) and Scott (4th~8th) Highschool at North All three in Evansville Indiana. College College at University of Maryland College Park (the military flavor). Attended while in the military. Primary area of study was Information Systems Management and secondary was Asian Studies. Military 1984 Lackland AFB, Texas Basic Training 1984 Sheppard AFB, Texas Tech School 1984 to 1986 McChord AFB, Washington State First duty assignment. Learned my job and also, being a native flatlander, learned to s...Expand for more