John Simpson:  

Life I dropped out of Newark High School half way through the eleventh grade and joined the US Navy. Leaving Newark and joining the navy was the singular event that facilitated my success in life. After spending twelve years in the navy as an enlisted man and eight in the US Army as an officer, I retired with seven years of college that encompassed a degree in physics, a degree in English, and I now have a Ph.D. in philosophy. During my military carrier I worked in and traveled through twenty-five countries and the Antarctic. I worked with NASA on Project Mercury. I worked on President Johnson’s Whitehouse security staff during his Southeast Asia tour. While I was stationed in Europe with the U.S. Army and patrolling the East German Border I worked for Military Intelligence tracking French Communist insurgents in Germany. I served as a Green Beret communications officer in Southeast Asia during my first tour of duty and was a Cobra helicopter pilot during my second tour. During my last year in the army I trained for an assignment with the CIA; however, thanks to President Nixon, that assignment was trashed. After my retirement from the service I worked as a test pilot and in...Expand for more