Book Synopsis:
The first book is a biography of my military Naval service. My first book is titled "What I Have Learned Since 1976." It is a novella about serving 4 years on a Nuclear Aircraft Carrier. It also describes some of the foreign ports of call I visited. Some of the countries I visited were South America, Barbados, Jamaica, Greece, Israel, France, Italy and Spain. My book is available at Barnes and Noble.com, Amazon.com and most online bookstores. You can also buy my book from my Web Site.
The book also describes staying on a 26,000 acre ranch and living in the Southeast desert of Arizona before enlisting in the US Navy and serving 4 years on Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69. The story describes how a young man from the southeast desert adjusts and begins to move up in the Navy ranks. It describes some of the conflicts we had with middle eastern countries. And why we leave for a nine month deployment with 6500 sailors and why we never return to Norfolk, Virginia with our original crew.
Author Bio:
Todd Hemming was born in central Minnesota and moved to Southwest Arizona with his family when he was 15. During elementary school and High School he was involved with numerous sports. He was involved in swimming, football, wrestling, and track.
After High School he faced the hard decision of what to do with his life and which career to pursue. The military recruiters were calling him and he got accepted to all of the major Arizona Universities. Realizing at a young age that he needed a break from the rigors of academic life, he chose another option.
He decided to work a year or so before pursuing college. He had some family connections in South Texas and worked on an oil and gas exploration crew for almost two years.
Upon returning to Arizona he enrolled in Scottsdale Community College and pursued his two year degree. After graduating with a AAS degree he signed up for the US Navy and saw and tasted the other cultures of the world. After completing his tour of duty on Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69 he returned to his family and the southwest Arizona desert. After working a few different jobs he applied for admission to Northern Arizona University and pursued his Bachelor of Science degree in Liberal Arts and Geography.
After graduating from college with a B.S. degree. He did another four year tour in the Military and was involved in Transportation and Logistics.
After the military he worked as a Dispatch and after getting laid off. He pursued a job in oil manufacturing. After that he welded and painted and tried a few other things.
But he knew he had the geography background and Geographical information Systems was starting to catch on with Municipalities’ and private industry.
He enrolled in a Graduate Certificate program in Saint Cloud State University. Upon graduation he has been working in the GIS and mapping field with private companies and one local municipality.
He has published one book “What I have learned since 1976.” He has a second book published and it is called College Predator Missing College Students. It is available at Barnes and Noble.com, Amazon.com, and Outskirtspress.com and most online bookstores.
Todd’s passion is writing and he knows it takes a while for the public to find out who he is. He has started his third book and has completed a rough draft. The first book is a memoir and non fiction. The second book is a mystery thriller novel. The third book will be a mystery thriller based on real life events. Buy now at Amazon.
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