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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Disaster Simulation Facilitator |
| Location | Undisclosed location in mtns se of Grand Junction, Colorado, United States |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | I work as a facilitator for week-long Advanced Incident Management and Leadership simulations for a company that assists organizations (Forest Service, Coast Guard, Counter-Terrorism, Structural Fire and Police Departments, etc.) to recognize the components of good decision making and maintaining high operational synergy in high-risk, high-stakes environments (wildfire, 9/11, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, etc). |
| Interests | Music and being a blues, funk, jazz, zydeco, outlaw country DJ on KVNF-FM (stream live at www.kvnf.org). Also Literature, Working as a member of teams who respond to Disasters, Human behavior in high ops tempo, high risk disaster environments |
| Favorite movies | Apocalypse Now; Boondock Saints; Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia; Cadillac Records; Five Easy Pieces; Full Metal Jacket; Heat; JFK'; Last Tango In Paris; 8 1/2; No Country for Old Men; On the Waterfront; Platoon; Rancho Deluxe; King of Hearts; Salvador; The Hustler; The Deer Hunter; The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada; The Wild One; Training Day; 'Treme (HBO); Charlie Rose; Countdown With Keith Olbermann (MSNBC); PBS in general; Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC); The Wire (HBO) |
| Favorite music | Blues, Funk, Jazz, Zydeco, Outlaw Country, Classical |
| Favorite books | American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies in the Founding of the Republic by Joseph J Ellis; Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War by Andrew Bacevich; Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas and Fear and Loathing On The Campaign Trail by Hunter Thompson; In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan by Seth Jones; The Shock Doctrine: Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein; March To Hell by Michael Scheuer; The Gamble by Thomas Ricks; Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror by Michael Scheuer; In The Hot Zone by Kevin Sites; Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone by Rajiv Chandrasekaran; Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill; Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda by Sean Naylor; Against All Enemies by Richard Clarke; The Forever War by Dexter Filkins; Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas Ricks; The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism by Ron Suskind; The Dark Side by Jane Mayer; The Shadow Factory: The NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America by James Bamford; The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House and the Education of Paul O'Neill by Ron Suskind; The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11 by Ron Suskind; First In by Gary Schoen; Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton |