Jon Lines:  

Life I'm sure we all remember how bad the Oregon economy was back in the early '80's. Well, Lady Luck saw it fit to have me join the unemployed sector so I enlisted in the U.S. Army in April of '84 and spent 2 years on active duty with the 82nd Airborne Division. What a Ride!! After an Honorable Discharge in '86, I went to work for a wood products mill in North Carolina as a Qaulity Control Technician. In mid '87 I joined the Navy Reserves for about a year, still working the civilian job as well. I then moved back to the East Coast to work in a wood products machinery plant assembling some of the high tech equipment used in the mills. I owe this career progression move to a better money offer. Once in this job, I was forced to transfer from the Navy Reserve to an Army Reserve Special Forces Unit in Washington State. I moved back to the East Coast in '90, once again working as a Quality Control Technician...Expand for more