Jun 16, 2024
ale Dye was born Oct. 8, 1944, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He
graduated as a cadet officer from Missouri Military Academy, but
there was no money for college, so he enlisted in the U.S. Marine
Corps in January 1964. He served in Vietnam in 1965 and 1967
through 1970, surviving 31 major combat operations. He emerged from
Southeast Asia with numerous decorations, including a Bronze Star
for valor and three Purple Heart medals for wounds suffered in
combat. He spent 13 years as an enlisted Marine, rising to the rank
of master sergeant. He was chosen to attend officer candidate
school and was appointed a warrant officer in 1976. He later
converted his commission and was a captain when he was sent to
Beirut with the multinational peacekeeping force in 1982-83. He
served in a variety of assignments around the world and along the
way managed to graduate with a BA degree in English from the
University of Maryland. Dye worked for a year at Soldier of Fortune
magazine after his retirement in 1984. He spent time in Central
America, reporting and training troops in guerrilla warfare
techniques in both El Salvador and Nicaragua before leaving the
magazine in 1985 and heading for Hollywood. He is the founder and
principal of Warriors, Inc., which provides technical advisory
services to the entertainment industry worldwide. Services included
performer training, research, planning, staging and on-set advisory
for directors and other key production personnel.
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