Robert W. P. Patterson

R.W.P. "Bob" Patterson began his military career with the U.S. Marine Corps in 1960. He moved to the U.S. Army in 1965 to take advantage of an expanding Army Aviation program. After two tours in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot and assignments in Germany, Korea, and across the U.S., he retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. He has extensive experience in military communications and has been an Amateur Radio operator for 59 years.

Bob then served as Vice President of Finance and Administration for a college in the Midwest for 13 years before retiring a second time.

He has been an author for a number of years providing numerous magazine articles, professional papers, and several eBooks. In 1993, he was awarded the Digital Publishing Association's "Digital Quill Award" for First Place of a non-fiction work.

Bob and his wife, Arlene, now live in Georgia near family. His time is spent enjoying family, writing, and operating his Amateur Radio "Ham" station (K5DZE).