And cold war veteran. That about covers it all. Thats pretty cool. He has cover the wars in iraq and afghanistan, as well as baseball, International Soccer and international piracy. He worked in washington, d. C. , lives in annapolis with his two dogs, and is known for his wellreceived book, intrepid sailors. Int was named a notable book 2012 by Naval Institute proceedings magazine. Ets welcome chip reid [applause] mr. Reid thank you everybody. It is a pleasure to be back here again. Its a real honor to be here as part of the marine corps. I am both an army and marine corps veteran. The light in 1982 and decided to become a man. [laughter] lion and the bay is a joint work. They approached me two years ago about taking on the manuscript which was incomplete. He had passed away prior to getting to what i call the meat of the 1814 campaign, the British Landing at benedict, maryland, the battle for fort mchenry and so on. It had incomplete accounts of Joshua Barneys flotilla. We will talk
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