The book is a detailed description of the author's adventures from childhood through retirement. His job brought him to various places in the United States, Pacific area (South Korea, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Guam, and Hawaii), and the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. His home office was in Yokohama, Japan, where his family lived while he was on travel assignments. He settled with his family in San Antonio, Texas, where he continued working for the US Department of Defense until retirement.