Ben Hansen

摘要

"I'm from Edmore, Mich. I worked as a machinist right out of high school and realized that wasn't for me. I took a few classes through the community college back home - three or four - it wasn't anything real serious. I decided it was time to try something different. I joined the Navy in 1998 to get away from home, get some college money and do a little traveling. After boot camp at Great Lakes, Ill., I became an undesignated deck seaman and I really liked it. You work a lot outside, a lot with your hands, two things I really like to do. I became a boatswain's mate, a rating I've stuck with ever since. My first assignment was [the aircraft carrier] USS Theodore Roosevelt in Norfolk, Va., probably my favorite tour. You're new coming into the Navy right out of school, it's all fun, your first deployment.