Charles Patrick "Chuck" Pfarrer, III (born April 13, 1957, Boston, Massachusetts) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and former U.S. Navy SEAL.
Pfarrer is the son of Charles Patrick Pfarrer, Jr., a career naval officer, and Joan Marie (née Hoyle) Pfarrer, a registered nurse. Born in Boston, Pfarrer considers Biloxi, Mississippi to now be his hometown. The Pfarrers share with many other old Biloxi families the distinction of losing homes in bo...
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Charles Patrick "Chuck" Pfarrer, III (born April 13, 1957, Boston, Massachusetts) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and former U.S. Navy SEAL.
Pfarrer is the son of Charles Patrick Pfarrer, Jr., a career naval officer, and Joan Marie (née Hoyle) Pfarrer, a registered nurse. Born in Boston, Pfarrer considers Biloxi, Mississippi to now be his hometown. The Pfarrers share with many other old Biloxi families the distinction of losing homes in both Hurricane Camille (1969) and Hurricane Katrina (2005).
Pfarrer is a graduate of Staunton Military Academy, and studied Clinical Psychology at California State University at Northridge and the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. Pfarrer went through Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL training (BUD/S) in 1981 and spent 8 years as a Navy SEAL. He served as a military advisor in Central America, trained NATO forces in Europe and the Mediterranean, undertook duties in the Middle East, notably in Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War. As...
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