Presently my 'golden years' are being spent residing in a very small rice farming village in the traditional Buddhist Isaan Region of northeast Thailand; certainly far from my past: Retired municipal Law Enforcement Officer; Consultant for personal safety and protection; Licensed Private Investigator; Operations Manager; Public Relations & Marketing Consultant; Political Campaign Consultant; Volunteer with multiple not-for-profits, and fraternal organizations.
Other Comments:
Marine Corps League (MCL):
Life Member, MCL
Life Member, Military Order of the Devil Dogs (MODD), MCL
Aide-De-Camp to Vice Commandant of the Southeast Division, MCL (2010-2016)
Public Relations Officer, Department of Florida, MCL (Oct. 2010-May 2018)
Public Relations Officer, LCPL. Justin J. Wilson Detachment 1045, MCL (2011-2019)
International Police Association - United States Section: IPA, Region 26: 1st Vice President.
Blue Knights International:
Member of Florida Chapter X; Blue Knights Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club
Fraternal Order of Police:
Member of Lodge 41, Fort Pierce, Florida
B.P.O.E. - Elks:
Member of Stuart-Jensen Elk's Lodge 1870, Stuart, Florida
Free & Accepted Masons:
Member of Philipstown Lodge, Cold Spring, New York
National Rifle Association:
Life Member; Certified Rifle and Pistol/Handgun Instructor
Retired Police Association of the State of New York:
Member of RPA
Florida Association of Licensed Investigators:
Member of FAPI as an independent Private Investigator
Chapel of Four Chaplains:
Recipient of the Legion of Honor of the Chapel of Four Chaplains - 7 October 2017
Best Friends Senior Drill Instructor was SSgt. Joseph C. CHILES. Plt. 286 was his first as the 'Senior' and under his leadership our Platoon took every award for every competition our Series engaged in except for one! We kicked ass as did our Senior and his ADS's.
Best Moment Earning Meritorious PFC for 'High Shooter' and for keeping my shit together during boot camp serving as: Key Private; Platoon Artist; Assistant Scribe.
Worst Moment While with the nearly 90 or so recruites in the old white wooden receiving barracks being 'processed' for the few days while awaiting being picked-up by our Drill Instructors for my Platoon to begin training, a NCO called for all privates who had been arrested or convicted of a crime to stand up; I was stunned to see that I was one of the 3 or 4 who remained in our seats! I learned that my Series had multiple recruuites who had served time in State Prisons, and one short black private in the next platoon had been convicted of manslaughter. When I overheard my Senior DI ask him why he killed a man, the recruit answered: "Because he slapped me sir!" The DI's all laughed and said that they would make sure that when they needed to 'correct' him they would do something other than 'slap' him!!!
Instructors SSGT. Joseph C. CHILES, Senior D.I.; SGT. Henry SMALLS, ADI; SGT. PARSONS, ADI; and SGT. MOHLER, ADI (who was replaced by SGT. PARSONS)
Other Memories It was an amazing Platoon lead by a fantastic Senior DI; I was: one of three 'House Mice'; Platoon 'Artist'; Platoon 'Key Private.' Our Platoon was First in our Series in all Competitions except one.
