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About the Author/WebmasterI was
born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the United States. After graduating from
High School in 1984, I joined the Marines and, after some testing, was
assigned the MOS (job) of Cryptologic Linguist, Middle East. Upon completion
of boot camp, I was sent to the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language
Center (DLI-FLC) in Monterey, California, where I was given a yearlong course
of instruction in Pashtu, a major Afghan dialect. Upon graduation from DLI, I
spent a few weeks at Goodfellow Air Force Base studying Cryptology before
being shipped off to Hawai’i, where I spent the remainder of my time in the
Marines.
I was
deployed to sea on several occasions, and had the opportunity to visit the
Philippines dozens of time. In fact, once it became clear that the Soviets
were destined to lose their war in Afghanistan, the Marines ignored my
language skills, and I was tasked with other duties. One of those duties was
to study the Philippines, its people, politics, military, and international
relations, and to compile a country assessment for reference by theatre
commanders in the event of future conflicts. After I
left the Marines, I returned to Tennessee and obtained my Bachelors of Science
degree in Political Science, with a minor in World History. Just prior to
graduation, I married my wonderful wife, Josephine (“Josie”) in the
Philippines. Due to commitments stemming from my ROTC studies, I was
commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army, and was returned to Hawai’i, this
time to a Military Intelligence Battalion.
After
my discharge a few years later, I entered Law School, but completed only one
semester before realizing that I couldn’t afford to continue my studies. It
was around this time, in 1997, that I first set up the ASAWA website, which was the
genesis for both the ASAWA forum and his handbook.
My wife
and I now live in Wisconsin, where I am a career federal employee working for
the Department of Defense. In my spare time, of course, I enjoy reading and
writing and popping in and out of the ASAWA forum.
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All original materials on this website (www.asawa.org, www.filipinawives.com) are copyrighted by the author, Bob Lingerfelt, 1997 -2007 with materials on file at the U.S. Copyright Office. No reproduction is authorized, in any form, without express permission of the author.
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