Year of the Monkey (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781452806242)

Gene Hays lives with his wife Barbara in Oxford, Mississippi along with three of his sons and their families. The second oldest son, Eric, has served in the U.S. Army in South Korea, Afghanistan and Iraq. Gene retired from Active Duty in the Marine Corps in January 1986 and was transferred to the Regular Retired List in 1995. At his retirement in 1986, Gene was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. His personal decorations include the Navy Achievement Medal with Combat "V" and the Combat Action Ribbon, as well as several letters of commendation. After his retirement, Gene worked for Martin Marietta Data Systems for five years, and went on to teach electronics at two different two-year colleges. In 1996, Booz-Allen, Hamilton Inc. selected Gene as a Senior Consultant to the Royal Saudi Naval Forces in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Since returning in 1997 from Saudi Arabia, Gene has worked in his field of electronics and in the banking industry. Gene is a member of the J.C. Hooker Detachment, Marine Corps League Pontotoc, MS and Vietnam Veterans of America. You can contact him by e-mail at rghays47@gmail.com.