About

Born Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA.  Holy Spirit/St Francis elementary and junior high schools.  White Oak High School.  University at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland with a Bachelor of Science, History.

Five years in the United States Marine Corps, MOS 7220 Air Traffic Control Officer. 

Stationed at TBS, MCB Quantico, NAS Memphis and MCB Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay.

After Hawaii, I lived in Fukuma, Japan - Raleigh, NC & Alexandria,VA.  Worked the door at a nightclub for a bit, did some contract security work.

Then Fukutsu, Japan for 5 years while working as an ALT [Assistant Language Teacher] in the JET [Japan Exchange and Teaching] Programme. Best job ever.  Honestly.

Two years in Monrovia, Liberia.

Robertsport above, Monrovia below.

Two years in Bangkok, Thailand.

Songkran festival.

Five years back in the U.S.A., including 3 years of a security gig at The National Gallery of Art.

Now back overseas to Dili, Timor-Leste.

After 2 years in Dili, back to the USA for a year, and then overseas to Cyprus.

Also, the biggest news out of two years in Dili is I have a cat now.