
Autobiography of an Army Brat, son of a renowned U.S. Army Colonel cavalry and special operations officer who molded me a successful Army Officer, eventual Flight Surgeon, who has survived many ups and downs–always following my father’s advice: “Believe nothing you hear and only one-half that you see.” A quote that I have lived by, but seems to become more and more important each year of my life.

- Prologue: Believe Nothing You Hear, And Only Half of What You See
- Chapter 1: The Italian-American Tailors’ Legacy
- Chapter 2: Family, Courtship and Commitment
- Chapter 3: A New Airborne Officer’s Career
- Chapter 4: Our First Tour In Germany
- Chapter 5: Dad’s First Tour of Duty in Vietnam (1966–1967)
- Chapter 6: A Year in Vermont as Dad Returns to His Alma Mater
- Chapter 7: Command & General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth
- Chapter 8: Return to Heidelberg, Our Second Tour of Germany
- Chapter 9: MACV-SOG: My Father’s Top Secret Mission as a Black Operations Green Beret
- Chapter 10: Dad Gets Assigned to the Pentagon and We Move to Woodbridge, Virginia
- Chapter 11: Dad Gets His Tank Battalion Command and I Continue High School in Germany
- Chapter 12: Bad Kreuznach–Duty, Discipline and a Defining Choice
- Chapter 13: The Summer Between
- Chapter 14: First 24 Hours Under the Golden Dome
- Chapter 15: Registration Day at Notre Dame
- Chapter 16: My first semester at Notre Dame
- Chapter 17: Winter Break, Second Semester & Summer Fun
- Chapter 18: Sophomore Year at Notre Dame
- Chapter 19: Summer of 1979–From Fort Leavenworth to Boston
- Chapter 20: Junior Year at Notre Dame
- Chapter 21: ROTC Advanced Camp–Summer of 1980
- Chapter 22: My Senior Year at Notre Dame
- Chapter 23: Chemical Officer Basic Course–1981
- Chapter 24: U.S. Army Airborne School–October 1981
- Chapter 25: HQs, National Training Center at Fort Irwin & Marriage (1981–1982)
- Chapter 26: Joining the Soviet 32nd Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment (OPFOR) at Fort Irwin (1982-1984)
- Chapter 27: Return to the Chemical School, Karen and the CIA (1984–1985)