Today, my guest is Marine Sergeant Kelly Speelman. Kelly grew up in Northern California. After moving several times, he graduated from high school in New Mexico in 1976 at 17 years old. He joined the Marines in January 1977. He went to boot camp at San Diego, CA, then attended tech school at Twentynine Palms where he was trained as a MOS 2831 Microwave Radio Relay technician. His first assignment was to Okinawa, Japan. He was later assigned to Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, CA and was promoted to Sergeant. He returned for one more assignment to Okinawa before getting out of the military. After working some civilian jobs that were less than satisfying, he went back into the Marines and was sent to Advance Radio School back at Twentynine Palms. He was then assigned to Camp Pendleton, CA for the next three years before exiting the military for the final time inAugust 1987.
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