Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach - or better still, write! Tom Vetter has done both - living it first and writing about it later. As a naval officer he served two decades in submarines and deep submergence vehicles, sailed more than 100,000 miles, operated diesel and nuclear submarines, piloted the Navy’s bathyscaph TRIESTE II (DSV-1) and other submersibles, and found men, equipment, aircraft and shipwrecks on dives deeper than 3 miles. After several lives' worth of adventure at sea, Tom retired from the U.S. Navy and built another career in IT and telecommunications, operating a successful IT architecture business for nearly two decades before his wife's health decline required another retirement. Writing has become his third career. Tom has published a memoir of his undersea adventure tales, three books of historical fiction, and two travel memoirs. Tom lives with his wife in Virginia. And as care-giving duties permit, he writes every day.