tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85008698567632235072011-04-21T20:35:56.731-07:00Jaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500869856763223507.post-79200773627494572742008-02-02T00:51:00.000-08:002008-02-02T00:53:37.481-08:00Upon his graduation McCain was commissioned an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensign_%28rank%29" title="Ensign (rank)">ensign</a>, and spent two and a half years as a naval aviator in training at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Pensacola" title="Naval Air Station Pensacola">Naval Air Station Pensacola</a> in Florida and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Corpus_Christi" title="Naval Air Station Corpus Christi">Naval Air Station Corpus Christi</a> in Texas,<sup id="_ref-alexander-32_0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain#_note-alexander-32" title="">[18]</a></sup> flying <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-1_Skyraider" title="A-1 Skyraider">A-1 Skyraiders</a>.<sup id="_ref-story_0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain#_note-story" title="">[19]</a></sup> He earned a reputation as a party man, as he drove a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvette" title="Chevrolet Corvette">Corvette</a>, dated an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotic_dancer" title="Exotic dancer">exotic dancer</a> named "Marie the Flame of Florida", and, as he would later say, "generally misused my good health and youth."<sup id="_ref-ap-wmd_1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain#_note-ap-wmd" title="">[9]</a></sup> During a practice run in Corpus Christi, his aircraft crashed into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Christi_Bay" title="Corpus Christi Bay">Corpus Christi Bay</a>, though he escaped without major injuries<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8500869856763223507-7920077362749457274?l=johnmccain4president.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.com0