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B Is for Baseline: Using All Your Senses

When I joined the U.S. Navy Reserves in 1997 as a Seaman/E3, I had no idea how that decision would affect my life. It led me on an amazing journey and it’s how I got to where I am today, and in part how I came to write this book. During the years I spent as an intelligence analyst and then as an intelligence officer, working for and with different agencies, my family and friends back home in Rhode Island really didn’t know exactly what I was doing. They knew I was a Navy Reservist and they knew I worked in Intelligence, but outside of that they had no clue what I was being trained to do, and they never asked. I have a big family and was fortunate to grow up with most of my cousins. We were the best of ...

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