John is an Air Force Retiree with over 20 years of Active Duty Service and a Vietnam Veteran. He is a former Law Enforcement Officer having served as Chief Deputy Sheriff with the Carter County, Missouri Sheriff's Department, and Reserve Officer for small rural Police Departments in Carter County, Missouri. John is now fully retired from Pitney Bowes, Inc. and lives on a small farm in Southern Missouri's Ozark Foothills region, and enjoys his private shooting range.