Served with SEAL Team FOUR in Beirut for six month during 1983. He was
present during the marine barrack bombing on the 23rd of October, 1983.
After his tour with SEAL Team FOUR, he went on to serve with the
famous anti-terrorist unit SEAL Team SIX for several years.
His autobiography "Warrior Soul," was published in January 2004. It
details his service as a member of Navy SEAL Teams Four and Six,
including his role in the capture of terrorist Abu Abbas.
A graduate of BUD/S[Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL] class 114. He was
one of the 37 who graduated out of the 145 who started the course. This
is one of 4 classes out of 280 in which no one quit during "hell-week."
He was active in the 2004 initiative to recall Writers Guild President Charles Holland.