I spent 20 years in the U.S. Marine Corps and during that time studied Chinese Mandarin, Korean, and the Japanese languages. I lived in Japan for a total of six years while going on business trips ...ver másI spent 20 years in the U.S. Marine Corps and during that time studied Chinese Mandarin, Korean, and the Japanese languages. I lived in Japan for a total of six years while going on business trips to South Korea and the People's Republic of China. After my Marine Corps career as a foreign language translator/interpreter, I moved into the information technology field and started working in Seoul, Korea. I lived and worked in Seoul, Korea for 11 years. While there I learned how to play the game of baduk, known in China as weiqi and in the west and Japan as go. For the past two years I have been working and living in Germany. I studied for and completed all of the classes necessary for a Masters in International Relations; however, I did not take the comprehensive exam. Subsequently, I studied for and completed all of the requirements to earn my Masters in Business Administration; I graduated in 2009.ver menos