photos and stories have been featured in Popular Mechanics, Forbes, Newsweek, Army Times, Citizen-Soldier Magazine, Military.com, Reserve & National Guard Magazine, U.S. Veterans Magazine, and VALOR. His story was also featured in the New Era Magazine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served as the state public affairs manager for the Utah National Guard and was the editor of Utah Minuteman Magazine. He holds the rank of staff sergeant in the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) as the public affairs manager (NCOIC), headquartered at Camp Williams, Utah. His yet-unpublished YA thriller Befallen was awarded “Best First Sentence” at ThrillerFest VII by New York Times international bestselling author Steve Berry, and won a special book critique by thriller master John Lescroart. He volunteers his time as a board member of the Forge Forward Project to help veterans suffering from PTSD. Christine Witthohn of Book Cents Literary Agency represents him.

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He lives with his wife and three kids near Lehi, Utah.