medieval -- na val flight officer. here with the veterans history program to discuss your them accessible to the public. career in the navy reserve. today is the 14th of september and we are on capitol hill. thank you for your time. i would like to open up the floor with a question, talking about your youth and your interest in the military and what eventually lead you to the navy rotc program. senator tom carper: my wife says that i never grew up and i hope in a sense that i never do. i grew up in virginia, my dad worked for nationwide insurance. it was in gamble, virginia on the north carolina border. i was in the boy scouts. my father encouraged me to attend and i did scout when i was 12 or so. the first time i ever sat in an airplane was at the civil air patrol, indicated that took off beside me. off into the wild blue yonder. i was always intrigued with the military, my dad had been a chief petty officer in world war ii and in my family, nobody ever graduated from college that i was aware of. when i was a senior i