Captain Patrick Grant, U.S. Navy (Retired), retired in 1995 after 30 years of Navy service, including active-duty tours in the USS Oriskany (CVA-34) and on the staff of commander, Cruiser Destroyer Force Pacific, during the Vietnam War. In civilian life he was a senior vice president of marketing for an insurance company and is currently a columnist for the Los Angeles Times–affiliated Glendale News-Press.
