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He is a seriously credentialed Air Force Vet and Professor. This is his Bio at AMU (He has about 5 BILLION tons more credibility than I do.): MA, Military history, University of Alabama, 1991 Biography Stephen B. Bacon has served as an adjunct professor at American Military University since the Fall 2001 semester and currently teaches American, Civil War, and Military History. Additionally, he has a Masters of Arts degree in Military History from the University of Alabama in 1991 and a Master of Arts degree in International Politics and Business from Webster University in 1985. He served as the Commandant of Cadets at Howe Military School and Wentworth Military Academy and Junior College for two years and was the History Department Chairman at St. Andrews-on-the-Marsh School for four years. Professor Bacon was the Assistant Dean of Students and Associate Professor of History and Political Science at Georgia Military Academy for two years. He is now a RE-retired United States Air Force officer with twenty-five years of service. He just finished teaching 4 years of Military History at the Air Force Academy. Effective July of 2004, he was promoted to the academic rank of Assistant Professor at the Air Force Academy. He began his military career by attending Chamberlain-Hunt Military Academy while in high school. He joined the Army in 1968 and became an expert in missile electronics and spent three years in charge of two Nike-Hercules missile compounds. After his tour with the Army, Major Bacon completed his undergraduate degree in geological engineering at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. During these 2 years at USL, he completed a 4-year ROTC program with the Air Force and was commissioned a 2nd Lt as a distinguished graduate in 1973. He completed navigator training and electronic warfare training at Mather AFB, California and was assigned to the 8th special operations squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida in 1976. Two years later, he was assigned to the 7th special operations squadron at Rhein-Main air base, Germany. He served at HQ Rescue, 23rd Air Force, and Military Airlift Command. His last assignment before retirement was as a squadron commander at Squadron Officer School/Air University. After retirement, Major Bacon taught at Georgia Military College and Effingham County High School (Georgia)(AFJROTC). He later became the History Department Chair at St. Andrew's-on-the-Marsh School in Savannah. He was "Teacher of the Year" twice and SC state Teacher of the Year finalist. He has been the Commandant at Wentworth Military Academy and Junor College and at Howe Military School. After 9/11, he volunteered to return to active duty and was "hand selected" to teach Military History at the Air Force Academy. Professor Bacon is now Re-retired from the Air Force and is teaching from his home in Sun City Hilton Head, SC. He is a Civil War Re-enactor and the Co-Chair of the Low Country Civil War Rountable. He is also a member of the American MENSA. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Here is a news story I found real fast off of Google: http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/1012260.html Popular professor to present history of Port Royal By JULIAN VACHON Published Sunday, October 25, 2009 Comments (0) | Recommend (0) Email Article | Print Article | RSS Feeds | Bookmark and Share | Search the Archive Professor Stephen Bacon strives to make history come alive in the classroom, whether that means wearing costumes, acting out gruesome battles or telling stories not found in textbooks. The same will hold true Nov. 6, when Bacon plans to don Civil War-era attire and lecture on the history of Port Royal as part of a fundraiser for the Historic Port Royal Foundation. “Port Royal was one of the founding stepping stones of the entire region. It was the anchor, if nothing else, between Savannah and Charleston,” Bacon said. “I have some good stories, but I’m not going to let my secrets out yet.” Bacon, of Sun City Hilton Head, has taught for more than 22 years and offers courses at the University of South Carolina Beaufort and the Technical College of the Lowcountry. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Bacon also taught in the Air Force and considers military history his specialty. Historic Port Royal Foundation member John Ellerbe said he has taken classes at USCB’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and has seen Bacon at work in the classroom. The last lecture Ellerbe caught focused on the Revolutionary War in the Lowcountry. “He had a packed house, and everybody was hanging on every word,” Ellerbe said. “It’s exciting to have someone of Professor Bacon’s caliber speaking at our event.” Bacon said he will give a general history of Port Royal, beginning when the area was first colonized and touching on the Revolutionary War and then the Civil War. Along the way he’ll also talk about neighboring Beaufort and Parris Island, he said. “I try and get the audience into it by telling them bits of history they don’t know,” Bacon said. “I’m a storyteller, bottom line.” IF YOU GO What: Speech by professor Stephen Bacon, “History of Port Royal: Where it all Began” When: 6:30 p.m. Nov. 6 Where: Union Church, 1004 11th St., Port Royal Tickets: $10, can be purchased at Port Royal Town Hall, Union Church or by calling John Ellerbe at xxx-xxx-xxxx