THE MALACCA EXILE

 

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Bachelor of Science (business administration) from the University of Maryland.
Master of Arts (national security and strategic studies) from the Naval War College.
Writing experience: I've written several papers on military tactics and while on deployments I wrote articles describing events and life at our different deployment sites for base newspapers back home. I was a staff writer for Jax Air News; the official Naval Air Station Jacksonville newspaper. During my final assignment to the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California, I was a writer and editor for Public Affairs Center, San Diego and then a writer and editor for the "TRICARE" military healthcare system. I also created a website and started a monthly newsletter for the Navy Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY. I was reporter, editor, copy editor, publisher and distributor - everything except the actual printing of 3,000 copies for the shipboard personnel and Naval Medical Center, San Diego.

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After high school I attended The Ocean Corporation; a Houston, Texas-based commercial diving training facility, and graduated with mixed-gas commercial diver, underwater welder, and non-destructive inspection certificates.
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Enlisted in the US Navy as a mechanic on the F-4 Phantom II fighter onboard the aircraft carrier, USS MIDWAY homeported in Yokosuka, Japan.
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Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment, in Atsugi, Japan.


After graduation from the University of Maryland, I was selected for flight training at Aviation Officer Candidate School, Pensacola, FL.
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Naval Flight Officer assigned to Patrol Squadron FIVE at NAS Jacksonville, FL., a squadron flying the patrol torpedo bomber "P-3C Orion".
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Assigned as the Aide-de-camp to the Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Japan (CNFJ), a diplomatic and operational command in Yokosuka, Japan (35 miles south of Tokyo). 
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Navigation Division Officer on the forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62).
Department head and P-3C Orion Naval Flight Officer Instructor at Patrol Squadron Thirty (VP-30) in Jacksonville, Florida.
Attended the Naval War College.
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I spent my final years on the staff of Naval Medical Center, San Diego where I served as Public Affiars Officer for the Naval Medical Center, TriCare region 9, and the Navy Hospital Ship, USNS Mercy (TA-19)
Overseas assignments: Japan for 12 years, Sicily for one year, Iceland for one year, and Spain for six months.
Extended deployments to Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf, Adriatic Sea, and Red Sea. 

I've spent significant time in Singapore and Hong Kong (settings in 'The Malacca Exile') during many visits.
The Cmdr. of Logistics, Western Pacific offices are in Singapore. 

MIDDLE EAST:  Saudi Arabia, Duhbai, Bahrain, Kenya, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates.
FAR EAST and ASIA MINOR: South Korea, Kuala Lumpur, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Guam.
EUROPE: Greece, Italy, France, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, England, Scotland, Portugal.
DOWN UNDER: I've been to Sydney and Perth Australia on four separate occasions for two weeks each time.
STATESIDE ASSIGNMENTS: Maine, Jacksonville, Florida, Washington State, Washington D.C., and San Diego.

In addition to my writing, I also customize guitars and market my original designs. I studied Spanish guitar making with Charles Fox at the American School of Lutherie in Healdsburg, CA.  Classical guitar making with Kenny Hill at the Hill Guitar Company in Santa Cruz, CA. Electric guitar and bass making with John Marshall at Luthiers International in Atlanta, GA.
   
   

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