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Jim Jewell served for twenty-two years in the Navy. In the Navy, he served on ten ships in positions of First Lieutenant, Executive officer Engineer Officer, Current Operations Officer, and Weapons Officer. In his two shore tours, he was an Associate Professor of an NROTC Unit, Director of Leadership and Management Training for the West Coast and Pacific Rim, and lead facilitator for the Command Excellence Seminar for Senior Officers. In addition to his Naval service, he has been a sports writer and editor, a news correspondent, a weekly newspaper columnist, Director for Safety and Environmental Compliance, Business Development Manager, Organization Development Director, organizational change consultant, executive coach and team building consultant, AM and FM disk jockey, Mister Mom, and grave digger. He currently writes posts on his own website, www.jimjewell. com. He previously published a book of poetry, A Pocket of Resistance: Selected Poems. He is married and lives in California. He has two daughters and a grandson.