My Background: following college, I was commissioned as an officer in the Marine Corps. After Vietnam and graduate school, I worked for 25 years at a Fortune 100 technology company, 5 years as a division general manager. My second career was 3 start up companies - medical devices in cardiology and neurology . Courageous Dissent is my third career. The other authors are friends from high school, college and the Marine Corps. All were commissioned as 2nd Lieutenants: two graduated from Duke University where they completed NROTC together, one from the University of North Carolina, and one from Oklahoma State University. All would attend the Marine Officer’s Basic School at Quantico that summer—-three in the same company. All four would receive orders to -Vietnam upon finishing the Basic School. Two would choose the infantry specialty, and two would receive additional training and assignments in communications and artillery. All four would participate in Operation Dewey Canyon. Two of the authors grew up in Marine families, both sons of Marine Generals who would serve as the Commanding General of the 3rd Marine Division in Vietnam. One of the authors would retire from the Marine Corps after more than twenty years, and all would find successful careers following their Marine Service. They represent experience and expertise in law, business, contracting/consulting, and academia. Together they hold four Bachelor degrees, five Masters degrees, one JD and one PhD.