Jack is an Author now. He wasn't always although he did some writing in school, some in the Army and more in the Air Force. Most of that, Reports of Investigations of criminal and counter-espionage cases he ran as a Special Agent of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. Thus the name of this site, RETAFSA (Retired Air Force Special Agent). After retiring from the USAF he worked as an Investigator for the Clark County District Attorney's Office, mostly on undercover police stings. Then he worked for eleven years for the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, a law enforcement agency. There he became an expert in casino cheating and cheating detection and testified as such in state and federal courts. He did some security consulting for four years until the attack on the World Trade Center in New York in 2001. At that time he started writing historical fiction novels about some of his experiences. To date he has five books published, has written several short stories and four screenplays.Four of his works have received awards from the Public Safety Writers Association.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
JACK IS WORKING ON TWO PROJECTS
The first is an anthology of stories from USAF Radar Site Vets. Radar sites dueing the cold war ringed the US to detect any air attacks primarilly by the Soviet Union. These sites were on isolated mountain tops with little amenities such as theaters, stores, restaurants, etc.About 150 officers and airmen and civilians were assigned to each site. The main activity was working, and sleeping. Off duty time was spent studying, reading mailed in periodicals such as Playby magazine, playing ball and drinking.which was interupted by eating in a mess hall. There were few outside activities due to the distance from the sites to civilization. Many personnel arrived at a radar site and did not leave the site for a year. It was a little like having done something bad and getting locked up. So many of these Air Force Prisoners created activities. The anthology is a collection of stories from the men who did it with some stage settings. Proceeds from this book will be donated to the USAF Radar Site Veterans Museum, the site to be determined.
The other project is another anthology from a group of writer friends, mostly former police, law enforcement, Investigators, military people who meet on the first Wednesday of every month. They call themselves Wednesday Warrior Writers. They are preparing, stories about American Patriots and Heroes.Thge proceeds from this book will be donated to the Wounded Warriors.
STANDARD ACTIVITIES
Jack still conducts free programs using Power Point slides. To arrange for any of these programs contact Jack at retafsa@embarqmail.com for a call back.
The programs are:
Spies of the Cold War
Las Vegas, Then and Now
Writing, Things I wish I had known
The Stardust Skim
Skimming Las Vegas
