Steve Maffeo is formerly the associate director of the academic library at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado (B.A.), the University of Denver (M.A.), and the Joint Military Intelligence College (M.S.). In 2008 he retired, in the grade of captain, after 31 years in the U.S. Army National Guard (Signal Corps), the U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Naval Reserve. Steve commanded three reserve shore-based naval and joint-service intelligence units in Salt Lake City, Denver, and Washington, D.C. His final reserve assignment was as an instructor, and the director of part-time programs, at the National Defense Intelligence College in Washington. Steve tinkers with his two '60s muscle cars, is a recreational shooter, and is a volunteer 'commissioner' at the local Boy Scout summer camp. He lives in Colorado Springs with his wife, Rhonda, a retired computer programmer and software project lead; their son, Micah, is a military intelligence officer in the U.S. Army Reserve.