J. F. LEAHY

.F. (Jack) Leahy is a noted writer on naval topics, and is the author of eight books on the subject, and who served with USN Mobile Construction Battalion One at Phu Bai and Danang Vietnam in 1969-70. After completing his graduate education as a civilian, he spent nearly thirty years in the intelligence community and telecommunications industry. Upon retiring in 2000, he first taught at the Ross School of Leadership aand Management at Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio. In 2011, he retired as Associate Vice President for Strategic Planning and Extension Services of the Pontifical College Josephinum, a Roman Catholic seminary also in Columbus, Ohio, where he resides with his wife, Margaret.