Josh Bates

Josh Bates retired from the United States Marine Corps in 2022. He served as both an infantry and counterintelligence/human intelligence officer. His service included combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and operational assignments across the Indo-Pacific. He is a graduate of the University of San Diego (BA, Political Science), Marine Corps University (MA, Military Studies), and Hawai’i Pacific University (MA, Diplomacy and Military Studies). He lives in Kailua, Hawai’i with his family. The Baghdad Shuffle is his first novel.