Hey guys, After high school, I got my EMT Basic, started college (nursing major), and then dropped out to join the Army. I was stationed in Germany and Italy, and have been deployed into 5 combat zones. I helped tear down the Berlin Wall, and kept a few chunks of it. Some of the highlights of my adventure called life: I have jumped outta perfectly good airplanes, rappelled outta helicopters, jumped off the tallest building in New Zealand for fun, scuba dived off the coast of hawaii and nz, fed and played with a pair of 8 week old tiger cubs, and generally run amok through the world. :) I have a beautiful adopted daughter, Lia, who is about to turn 21 in a few more days. She has given me grey hair and two grand kids. My first novel, "Eldin of Yashor" is due out early next year, and I am in final negotiations to sell my first screenplay "The Price of Patriotism." (I have accepted a bid...just working on the small but important detail of the rights for a television spin-off). I'm currently in training for my first triathlon after rehabbing a flare up of an old back injury on active duty.