Editing James Guildford (section)

=='''Family and Background'''==

Cathy Guildford was a senior chief petty officer assigned to fleet logistics at the Kirtland Fleetyards in Albuqerque, New Mexico on Earth.  She married a retired Lieutenant, Stephen Guildford and the couple had three children, inclduing James Andrew Guildford.  James was born in Ipswitch, England in a Starfleet facility while his mother was home on maternity leave. James grew up at the Kirtland Fleetyards.

[[Image:kirtland.jpg|thumb|left|250px| Kirtland Fleetyard, Albuquerque, New Mexico]]

When James was 6 his mother was promoted to master chief petty officer and asked to teach a losgistics course at Starfleet Academy, and his family moved to San Fransisco. When James was twelve years old he was left to be the companion of a Dacoralian Ambassador's son in his mother's office while she took the Ambassador on a tour of the campus.  The Ambassador's son choked on the steak he was eating for lunch and passed out.  Acting quickly, James gave the boy the himlich maneuver, saving his life.  He was knighted by the Dacoralian Ambassador and became a Dragon Knight, a title that Starfleet errouneously thought was ceremonial. James's mother then did a stint as the Master Chief Petty Officer of Starfleet. James's mother retired from Starfleet after a forty-two year career. 

James did not want to follow in his mother's footsteps and instead of joining Starfleet he decided to attend the University of Oklahoma where he eventually graduated at the top of his class with a Zoology degree. James later finished his doctorate at the University of Oklahoma, but decided that he did want to join Starfleet, as an officer.

James has two sisters, twelve aquariums, four dogs, a cat, a rabbit, twenty guinea pigs, five goats and a lamb, though he only claims the rabbit and the aquariums.