Midway's

First of all, I want to welcome everyone to my little corner of the world. While this may not be the most elaborate web site on the Internet, I hope you will like what you find here. While this site was originally created for fun, it has since developed into a permanent hobby. I had originally incorporated many subjects into my site, but have since... narrowed them down to the USS Midway, VAQ-136 Gauntlets, Military Culture, Scale Modeling, London Central High School, and photography. While browsing through my site, I hope you will find some things that interest you and maybe even educate you a little more about the world in which we live. Now, a little about me... My name is Troy and I currently live in a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I started out in life as a "Military Brat" because my father was in the U.S. Navy. I spent my early years moving around the States and the world. After high school I decided that I "liked" the military life so much that I joined up myself. I spent ten years in the Navy, with nine of those stationed in Japan. I was assigned to the Gauntlets of VAQ-136, an EA-6B Prowler Electronic Warfare squadron for the first three years. Our home port was NAF Atsugi, Japan and we embarked aboard USS Midway, CV-41. When Midway was replaced by USS Independence, CV-62, I cross-decked over to Indy with the squadron. After I left the squadron in 1992, I transferred to a two year shore duty billet at NAF Atsugi AIMD. I then transferred to another shore duty billet at NAF Misawa AIMD for four years. In 1998 I decided that it was time to move on and I left the service. I moved to Long Beach, Washington and went back to school for a while. After school, I worked as a custom furniture craftsman and remodeled a house. When those jobs were finished, I opened an auto detailing business. The detailing business was great, but Washington's notorious rainy winters put a stop to it. I then went to work for a resort beachfront hotel and started a website design business. In October of 2000, I moved across the ...Read More