From his exploits in Vietnam to life in today's primer guerilla warfare unit in the world today, the US Army's Special Forces Regiment (Green Berets). After retirement from the US Army, he did several defense contracts in Saudi Arabia and Sierra Leone, West Africa. He eventually joined the CIA's covert "Ground Branch" and spent considerable time as a counterterrorist trainer. When he actually retired, he went back to school on his GI bill and received a degree from a university close to him in Massachusett.