AUTHOR BIO

Paul Gable (left) and Bryan Vaught (right)

Paul Gable served ten years on active duty with the U. S. Naval Security Group Command from October 6, 1970 until October 29, 1980. He moved to Horry County, South Carolina in September 1983 and worked as a journalist concentrating on local and state political issues as well as writing a weekly Veteran profile. Paul first met General Vaught when he served as a member of the Horry County Solid Waste Authority Board of Directors in the late 1990s. Paul currently writes for the Grand Strand Daily Website.

Major Bryan Vaught is the son of James B. Vaught, Jr. and grandson of Lieutenant General Jim Vaught. He graduated from The Citadel in 2002 and has served in the Marine Corps for the past twenty years, including a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) deployment to the Pacific, a combat tour in Iraq, and service with Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC). He has written and published multiple articles and white papers for the Marine Corps Gazette and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). He currently serves with Marine Corps Installations East (MCIEAST) in Camp Lejeune, NC.