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Brian King
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Published Friday, May 06, 2005  | Print  | E-mail

Calling Shots from bridge of USS Missouri
Calling Shots from bridge of USS Missouri
Title: Director of Internet Operations
Hobbies: Wargaming, mountain biking, computers, jeeping, photography, science fiction
Favorite Movies: Aliens, Blackhawk Down, Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Favorite Television: Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica, Colbert Report
Favorite Books: Earth Abides (Stewart), The Stand (King), Blue Adept (Anthony), books about the fall of civilization
Now Playing: Combat Mission
Background: Brian’s interest in military history was cultivated at a young age with war movies, books, models, and eventually wargames. While the other fourth graders were writing book reports on the Hardy Boys, Brian would turn in reports on the Battle of Midway and then go home and work on a model of the USS Yorktown. Similarly, when old enough to grasp the complex manuals, Brian would sit down with a wargame such as Avalon Hill’s Third Reich to see if he had what it took to crush the Axis once again. This led to 20+ years of boardgaming, which continues through the present day.

Brian has a Master’s Degree in Geography as well as Bachelor’s degrees in History and Geography. This has provided an excellent foundation for the understanding of the relationships between geo-political problems, and military solutions/failures throughout the ages. Brian is most interested in reading and wargaming situations from the Second World War in Europe, although working with Armchair General has provoked an interest in the age of Napoleon as well. So much history to explore!

When not managing writers, writing articles, or working on the website, Brian enjoys playing PC wargames such as Battlefront’s Combat Mission series of First Person Shooters such as the Call of Duty, Half Life 2, or Quake series. Brian is also an avid mountain biker, recently completing a torturous 75-mile endurance bike race through the hills of Wyoming. Finally, and definitely not least of all, when not doing any of his numerous hobbies, he spends as much time as possible with his wonderfully tolerant wife, his brand new son, and two great dogs. Together, they call Colorado their home!

*Photo taken on the bridge of the USS Missouri. (more pics of Pearl Harbor)


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