I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, living in three different neighborhoods and attending three separate school districts – Hyde Park, Madeira and Clifton, respectively. I enlisted in the Navy in 1977 ...view moreI grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, living in three different neighborhoods and attending three separate school districts – Hyde Park, Madeira and Clifton, respectively. I enlisted in the Navy in 1977 at age 23 as an aviation maintenance administrationman. I did my first tour in an F-14 aircraft squadron at NAS Miramar in San Diego, then got out and came back to Cincinnati and stayed in the Naval Reserve for another year and a half. In mid 1982 I went back onto active duty in the Navy at NAS Whidbey Island in Washington State where I did two tours in different aircraft squadrons (A-6E and EA-6B). My last tour in the Navy was as ship’s company on the USS Nimitz, ported in Bremerton, WA. I separated from the Navy in Oct 1992. In 1993 I basically took a year off work and it was during this time that most of the material in this book was written. In 1994 and early 1995 I attended school at Olympic College. Following this I stayed in Bremerton till late 1998 then returned to Cincinnati, where I currently live. Currently, I've worked at the IRS since 2002. I currently work as a Customer Service Representative in the Tax Exempt organization and Government Entities department.view less