Jack Muhlenbeck is a University of Missouri journalism graduate who earned advanced degrees at the University of Oklahoma and Pepperdine University. He spent 13 years in Korea, as a military correspondent with Pacific Stars and Stripes and as a Department of Defense employee. His material has appeared in the American Mercury, This Week, the Christian Herald, the Link, Boxing Illustrated and the Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine. He and his wife Miae live in Newport News, Virginia. They have three adult daughters and three grand children.