James Cherry:  

Posted 8 January, 2015 Childhood I grew up in Tolar and attended school there from the Fifth Grade through my Junior Year of High School. I enjoyed playing sports, but was always an average student. I transferred my Senior year to G.H.S. and drove an ugly, light blue, beat up Datsun B-210 station wagon (a real eye catcher). College After H.S., I attended Weatherford College and recevied an AA. Aftereward, I attended Tarleton for another year and half as a Business major. The money ran out so I dropped out, but with intentions of going back. That didn't happen. Later, in '93, I enlisted in the Navy. After 4 1/2 years, I was accepted into a unique Officer commissioning program. The Navy sent me to College Station to attend Texas A&M for two years. In May '99, I graduated and was commissioned as an Ensign. In '06 I began working on an MBA part-time, fitting in with family, work, travel, and a tour to Iraq. Three years and more than 100 research papers later I finished with Magna Cum Laude Honors. Military In 2007, I spent more than six months as the Flag Aide for the Commander of the Fleet Readiness Centers at Patuxent River, Maryland. I left his staff that summer due to my selection for an Individual Augmentation assignment in northern Iraq for more than nine months. I was station...Expand for more