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“Big Mother 40” is Marc’s latest book, another novel in the Josh Haman series.
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#US SUBSMARINE WERE NEAR VIETNA IN1968 AND 1969 PROFESSIONAL#
Yet, he maintained a professional career in the civilian world and is truly a citizen sailor. On average, he spent more than 100 days on active duty primarily in the Far East. He has just under 5,000 hours of pilot-in-command/co-pilot flight time in a variety of tactical military and civilian fixed and rotary wing aircraft.Īs a reservist, Marc spent more than the required one weekend a month and two weeks a year. Marc had four commanding officer tours and retired as a Captain after twenty-six years in the Navy. In 1991, he was recalled for Desert Shield and Desert Storm and during that conflict, was responsibile for the operational tasking and employment of 140 helicopters from 14 nations as well as special operations forces assigned to the Persian Gulf Battle Force. He is a combat veteran of Vietnam and Desert Shield/Storm and flew helicopters on combat search and rescue, special operations missions, anti-submarine warfare and logistics support missions.ĭuring his career, Marc worked with the armed forces of Australia, Canada, Japan, Thailand, Republic of Korea, the Philippines and the U.K. During his active duty career, he made deployments to Vietnam, the Mediterranean as well as to the Persian Gulf, Norwegian and Black Seas. He was designated a Naval Aviator in July 1969. Marc began his Naval career when he was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S.