Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Little bit about myself...

Hello everyone!! My name is Josh Rasch (last name is pronounced like first name, just with an "R"). I am 24 years young and my hometown is Mascoutah, IL. With the exception of a few military moves for school and training, I have lived here my entire life. I am a VERY busy individual with school, work and my military career. Including summers, this is my fifth semester at SWIC and I'm almost finished with my Associates of Science and Associates in Engineering Science degree; just one more semester! As an engineering major, I enjoy math and science more than the average person, I would say. After hurdling Special Relativity/Quantum intro physics and Calculus III last semester, I am currently enrolled in Electricity/Magnetism/Thermal physics and Differential Equations.....and I enjoy it <---crazy?... just maybe.
When I'm not in school, I am serving or bartending at Lonestar Steakhouse. When I returned from military training, I planned on a job working with technology, in which lies my forte. However, my all too wonderful girlfriend (Brooke), who knows me just as well as I know myself, suggested I serve in light of my people skills, personality and outgoing attitude. Serving has worked out very well for me =)
As I mentioned above, I am currently enlisted in the military. Specifically, the Air National Guard branch of the Air Force. Basic training and tech. school were a once-in-a-lifetime experience that I never will forget. Many of my organizational and leadership skills developed at an accelerated pace throughout the course of training and thus, joining still stands as one of the best decisions I've ever made. My career field is 2A553A, which translates to Communications/Navigation Avionics. I pretty well work on anything electronic in the flight deck of our aircrafts, the KC-135's (highly technical, yet very cool). I was just promoted to SrA (Senior Airman) last month!
When I DO find free time, I enjoy the outdoors; hunting, camping and boating. I listen to all kinds of music, but the variety revolves around alternative/classic rock. I'm currently learning to play guitar on my Fender Stratocaster. And, spending time with my girl keeps me sane in the midst of all life's madness.