PRESIDENT'S BIO:

Vets for the Truth President Larry Bailey retired from the U.S. Navy in 1990 after a 27-year career as a SEAL officer.  His career included duty in the USA and in Panama, Bolivia, Scotland, Colombia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. 

He is a graduate of Armed Forces Staff College and the U.S. Army's Foreign Area Officer School.  He holds an undergraduate degree in History from Stephen F. Austin State College in Texas and a master's degree in Education from East Carolina University. 

 He is a free-lance consultant and writer on military affairs and has been published numerous times in the national press. 

His most significant military assignment was as Commanding Officer of the Naval Special Warfare Center, where all Navy SEALS undergo basic and advanced training. 

He is a decorated Vietnam veteran and a sub-specialist in both Latin American-and European politico-military affairs. 

He has also taught middle-school History and Language Arts. 

In 2004 he was President of Vietnam Vets for the Truth, which sponsored the Kerry Lied Rally on Capitol Hill in Washington. 

He and his wife Judy, who teaches middle-school Language Arts, live in eastern North Carolina.