Wayne is a veteran of Vietnam and two divorces. He has mowed lawns, picked cotton, played pro baseball, sailed on a nuclear submarine, was an Intelligence Officer at Sac Headquarters research center, flew as a radar officer on a B-52, piloted a prop job in Vietnam, trudged through the jungles of Vietnam as a forward air controller, qualified as a Missile Launch Officer of ICBMs, retired on disability and then preached many sermons as a Baptist minister, all of which lead to the writing of these books.