Describe some of the important experiences of your life:
U.S.Marine combat correspondent in Vietnam; 23.6 years in the Marines; backpacked the Grand Canyon; have seen every state in the union.
What's your biggest regret?:
List your most inspiring heroes.:
Military men and women serving in harm's way in Iraq and Afghanistan, and people unafraid to speak the truth.
List your favorite movies.:
Saving Private Ryan, We Were Soldiers Once, Platoon, Blackhawk Down, and any movie on the Hallmark channel.
List the most recent books you have read.:
The Assault on Reason and Inconvenient Truths, both by Al Gore. All of Cormac McCarthy's books; all of Elmore Leonard's books; all of Ernest Hemigway's books.
Who are your favorite musicians?:
Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Marty Robins, Don Williams, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Alison Kraus
Where would you most like to travel?:
What is your educational background?:
AA journalism, BS mass communication, MA human resources management
List the most interesting people you have known or met.:
Met Ronald Regan and Bob Hope.
What organizations do you belong to?:
Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association, Toastmasters International, Honorary Order of Kentucky Colonels
If you had an extra $100,000 to give away, what would you do?:
See if I could use it as seed money to start a business that would employ wounded military veterans and their families.
