Steven E. Maffeo

I'm a third-generation native of landlocked Denver, yet spent a thirty-year career in the Navy and Naval Reserve, retiring as a Captain in 2008. I also recently retired from a my position as the associate library director at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. I have a B.A. (English) from the University of Colorado, an M.A. (library science) from the University of Denver, and an M.S. (strategic intelligence) from the National Defense Intelligence College. I was an intelligence officer for most of my Navy career, culminating in commanding three reserve intelligence units ashore.

I've always been interested in the Navy and naval operations, and in particular the great age of sail has always fascinated me, ever since I saw the Marlon Brando/Trevor Howard movie of "Mutiny on the Bounty" when I was eight years old. And then, my mother bought me a hard-bound copy of "Captain Horatio Hornblower" (with that great N.C. Wyeth dust jacket) when I was in the fourth grade, and that pretty much drew me in permanently.

I'm actually not sure what first drew me to secret intelligence and thus naval intelligence...perhaps it was reading the books about Commander James Bond, written by Commander Ian Fleming.