User:Ostensible

I am user Ostensible, thank you for reading my Wikipedia profile. Ostensible is "Appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be".

As in the user name I have chosen, my life choices have mainly rung true to the idea it can be done, as opposed to it being a proven fact on the front end.

I was raised in the Rocky Mountains, and maybe the lack of oxygen has forced my brain to work harder. And therefore at lower elevations I tend to be extremely fast, hence the reason I could take out a stronghold, and the captives would say, so how many men were we fighting? They never seemed to get used to hearing, we fight in tight knit small squads of 6 to 8 however, our eilite unit had brother units of the same power and training, so we could do larger missions by pulling in additional squad/units. The Military called me to duty, and I wanted something unique that would also offer fast track to rank. As a demolitions specialist in the 82nd Airborne, and having gone through Jump School at Benning, I was force fed, and groomed with: Ranger school, Mountain school, Cold weather school, Survival school, Jungle school, Special weapons school, Search and destroy and Extraction school, Engineering school, Recondo school, Radio school, Infrared school At the time I thought how often will I be able to utilize my armed forces career in a civilian position? And it became ostensible once I realized, more about the "Special Operations Teams" in select branches of the military, that all is plausible, with out culpable claim to truth of actions. Therefore, that's my answer, and I'm stickin to it.

After my service to my Country, I roamed around, I was lost due to the carnage I felt had been left behind me and my unit after a conflict. And when you do multiple missions, with a 100 percent success rate, you first believe you are invincible, then as time goes on it goes from ostensible to the rude awakening, that the special operation duties shrank the size of the world, and it then became a when not if something would happen with horrific results. At that point I felt it was time to permanently head back to civilian life, and school in particular. My choice was to study in New England, the studies were architecture and engineering, I guess because I had blow so many up, I wanted to build. Ultimately, I had become a successful Real Estate Developer, having clients such as Harley-Davidson®, Mobil® Oil Corp, Massimo®, Target®, Sears®, and Southern Pacific Bank. In the 90s clients wanted me to network their terminals (LAN), in the latter 90s they wanted me to connect all their stores through a hub system I designed. Then shortly after that everyone wanted Internet accessibility at every terminal. I created the first applications to incorporate just in time shipping (JIT) to JIT immediate re-fulfillment. It was touted as the silver bullet to inventory management and supply. Now I was on a roll, and delved into banking. In 1994, I clearly saw the need for unbanked people, the people who have no access to a MasterCard® to have the ability to pay bills by phone and to shop on the burgeoning Internet. I wanted to create and build, which I did, the first "reloadable" prepaid, stored value MasterCard® and Visa® card networks. It was tough to do and took years. Then shortly after launching, I was struck down with stage four cancers. Doctors told me to write my will, and be prepared for the worst. I was prepared, my military experience told me to fight with a possitive attitude. Moreover, I am still here after 7 years. I have good days and bad, but feel that my contributions to society are not done yet, and this is why I have become a Wikipedia contributing editor. My personal thanks to all other contributors for being responsible.