Mark Beckler retired from Army Aviation after 28 years split between the active Army and Army National Guard. Mark performed multinational peacekeeping work in Egypt and Israel in the 1990s; and he conducted extensive humanitarian disaster relief in Central America following Hurricane Mitch in 1998-99. He received the Boeing Rescue Award in 1997 for saving human life and property with a helicopter. Mark commanded an Army Combat Aviation Brigade in Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Turkey, and Kuwait in 2017 to battle a designated terrorist group. In addition to his operational service in the Army, Mark was an Army Congressional Fellow in 2010. He enjoys helping with communications to the US Congress. With a Master’s Degree in interdisciplinary social sciences, Mark enjoys efforts to explore history through archaeology. He is also a lawyer who enjoys teaching maritime law to SCUBA divers and aspiring nautical archaeologists.