ABOUT THE EDITOR

CHIPP REID is an award-winning reporter and editor, a licensed ship captain, a historian, and a Marine Corps veteran. He has covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as baseball, international soccer, and international piracy. Reid now works in Washington, D.C., and lives in Annapolis, Md., with his two dogs. His 2012 book Intrepid Sailors: The Legacy of Preble’s Boys and the Tripoli Campaign (Naval Institute Press) was named a “Notable Naval Book of 2012” by Proceedings magazine.