KEEL-HAUL graduated from Annapolis and Navy Flight School. He flew Phantom F-4s off the Intrepid in the late 60s. He attended the Armed Forces Staff College and the Naval War College in Newport, RI. He is a holder of the Navy Cross, DFC, and the Air Medal. Keel-Haul is a respected military historian, a nationally rated chess player, and possibly the world’s worst clarinet player. He has always been cool. He can set an F-4 down in a carrier deck at night with half his instruments, and walk away whistling -- the naval equivalent of jumping on a moving skateboard while blindfolded. According to Keel-Haul, no enemy is too great a threat that a few air-to-ground heat-seeking missiles won’t cure.