Dylan comes from a line of American soldiers that stretches back to the French and Indian War. From 2001 to 2006 he was stationed at the Defense Language Institute, NSA/CSS Texas, and Camp Humphreys, South Korea. Following his army career, he worked as an Intelligence Analyst within US Central Command's J-2. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon, GI-Billing his way through American History and enduring the Al Qaeda-like malevolance of his wife's two cats.