Mark is one of those who was born elsewhere, but got to Texas as soon as he could when his family moved to Portland in 1975. After a year of extreme culture shock, he decided that Texas would work out just fine. Later he found that college was the best experience a guy could have, and he vaguely remembers his senior year at the University of North Texas (then NTSU) as the best three years of his life. He joined the United States Navy after a year of graduate school at the University of Maryland, and served in a variety of billets ashore and afloat in the United States and overseas. His awards include the Legion of Merit and Defense Meritorious Service Medal among other personal, unit and campaign awards.
Mark's duty stations:
Naval Officer Candidate School (Newport, RI)
Navy-Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center, (Dam Neck, VA)
USS BLUE RIDGE/United States Seventh Fleet (Yokosuka, Japan)
Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific (Pearl Harbor, HI)
Fleet Intelligence Training Center, Pacific (San Diego, CA)
Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey, CA)
United States Sixth Fleet (Gaeta, Italy)
Joint Forces Staff College (Norfolk, VA)
Joint Warfare Analysis Center (Dahlgren, VA)
Commander Mine Warfare Command (Corpus Christi, Texas)
Mark Bowlin is an opinionated retired naval officer who believes that the Dallas Cowboys will win next year's Superbowl, that Texas is truly God's country, and that good Texas barbeque and a cold beer is superior to champagne and caviar in every respect.
