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Charles A. Clark is a military Veteran who joined the U.S. Air Force in 1976. He served as a crew member in the jet engine maintenance and repair service facility for B-52 Stratofortress Bombers in the 93d Bombardment Wing, Field Maintenance Squadron (FMS)—Strategic Air Command (SAC) at Castle AFB. Charles grew up in a military family as his father served in U.S. Army including overseas when Charles was born in the American Hospital (U.S. Army Hospital) of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers (SHAP).
Post-military, Charles graduated from San Diego State University in 1982, earning a bachelor’s degree in applied arts and sciences in the College of Industrial Studies and Technology. Charles retired from civilian service in 2012, after a 30-year career in the aerospace and defense industry, as a Hardware/Mechanical Design Engineer, Sr. Staff Lead employed with high technology firms Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman/TRW, Teledyne Ryan, and General Dynamics in San Diego. He also worked for Radionics security alarm and Pro-Log microcomputer systems companies in Salinas and Monterey, California.
Charles was raised in the historic city of Pacific Grove, located on the Monterey Peninsula of the Central Coast of CA. He is a graduate of Monterey Peninsula College (1979) and Pacific Grove High School (1974).