Robert Rojas:  

Life After graduating in 1978, I immediately volunteered in the United States Marine Corps.I graduated three months later as Series Honor Man, the top gun out of 240 recruits. It was an honor and a very proud moment in my life. I was stationed in Camp Pendleton . In my military career, I was in a joint operational unit working across the different branches’ in Communications. I traveled to Arizona (Fort Huachuca), Georgia (Fort Gordon) Japan (Camp Hansen in Okinawa). In 1979 the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and I was there. The U.S. provided training to many of these Islamic warriors and local resistance fighters.The result was bloody, confusing and civil war. I also was involved in the expansion of the US military base in Diego Garcia supporting a rapid deployment force and a more active U.S. presence. I was honorably discharged in June of 1982. I returned back to Fresno to be with my Family and friends. One month later, I continued with my plan and moved to the Bay Area. I lived in San Jose with some friends and was hired a few weeks later. I got on with one of the major Telecommunication Company. I have been employed in this industry for 24 years. I have traveled to many areas of the United States, Dallas Texas, Raleigh North Carolina, Chicago Illinois, Atlanta Georgia and Florida to mention a few. I met my wife in San Jose. We have been married for 24 years January 07 and have two young adults, Abrian 21 and Melissa 19. We have been traveling together all over the world. We try to visit a foreign country once a year. For the past 3 years we have been all over Latin America. I am a curious cat and do a lot of reading. I find people my most interesting subject. I was first driven to Mexico to research my families roots. I discovered many things about the my people, culture and religion. Last year (2005) my wife and I took two weeks and traveled to Mexico City, Guanajuato, Guadalajara and Puerto Viarta. We visited the great pyramids at Tenochtitlan. I had spent...Expand for more