FilipinaWives.com
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Welcome to the ASAWA website
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About the Author/Webmaster
I was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the United States. After graduating from High School in 1984, I joined the Marines and, after some testing, was assigned the MOS (job) of Cryptologic Linguist, Middle East. Upon completion of boot camp, I was sent to the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLI-FLC) in Monterey, California, where I was given a yearlong course of instruction in Pashtu, a major Afghan dialect. Upon graduation from DLI, I spent a few weeks at Goodfellow Air Force Base studying Cryptology before being shipped off to Hawai’i, where I spent the remainder of my time in the Marines.
I was deployed to sea on several occasions, and had the opportunity to visit the Philippines dozens of time. In fact, once it became clear that the Soviets were destined to lose their war in Afghanistan, the Marines ignored my language skills, and I was tasked with other duties. One of those duties was to study the Philippines, its people, politics, military, and international relations, and to compile a country assessment for reference by theatre commanders in the event of future conflicts.
After I left the Marines, I returned to Tennessee and obtained my Bachelors of Science degree in Political Science, with a minor in World History. Just prior to graduation, I married my wonderful wife, Josephine (“Josie”) in the Philippines. Due to commitments stemming from my ROTC studies, I was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army, and was returned to Hawai’i, this time to a Military Intelligence Battalion.
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