Yanks in the Outback
How to Write a ‘Good’ Book – 4 ‘Easy’ Steps
Note: This article is a bit of a milestone celebration -finishing my latest book, The Adventures of an Air Force Medic. As such, I’m having some fun writing about the process, talking about how it’s easy. But – here’s the truth – it’s been a long slog … it’s taken me over two years to write. […]
The Military and the “F” word
Fraternization … what did you think I meant? In my book “Yanks in the Outback: A story of Woomera, South Australia, the Joint Defense Facility Nurrugar and the First Gulf War,” I tackle the subject of Fraternization. A touchy subject in the military. At least it used to be when I was in many years […]
Hawaii false missile attack warning … how’s that work?
The false missile attack warning message sent out recently in Hawaii caused a big kerfuffle. As it should. But the question on everyone’s mind is, “How could this happen?” Well, I’ll state upfront, I don’t know. I wasn’t there, I don’t know their procedures, I’m not familiar with their training program. Then why am I […]
The First Gulf War … it’s been 25 Years!
Twenty five years ago were were just days away from the start of the First Gulf War. I was stationed in a remote Australian outback town called Woomera where the US Air Force operated a satellite tracking station. We were in the missile detection business. Our satellites could “see” the Iraq and Kuwait areas so when […]
Yanks in the Outback – Exhibit B
My latest book Yanks in the Outback is in diary format. I decided to write it this way partly because … I kept a real diary while stationed in Woomera during the First Gulf War. Of course the book is all typed up neatly and easy to read but the raw diary is a bit […]