{"id":26,"date":"2025-11-17T06:54:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/864479\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-12-03T18:56:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T18:56:49","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/864479\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/864479\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ancient-Carthage-Picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/864479\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ancient-Carthage-Picture-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1941\" style=\"width:382px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/864479\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ancient-Carthage-Picture-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/864479\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ancient-Carthage-Picture-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/864479\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ancient-Carthage-Picture-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/864479\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ancient-Carthage-Picture-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/AuthorHouse\/864479\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ancient-Carthage-Picture.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Steven Kitchell married Jessica Kitchell on 12 October 2024.&nbsp; We have our first baby on the way with a due date of 3 July 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Steven Kitchell was a captain in the US Army and deployed to Afghanistan, Kuwait in support of Operation Inherent Resolved against ISIS, and to the Horn of Africa.&nbsp; In December 2019, Steven transferred to the Defense Intelligence Agency where he handled the greatest secrets.&nbsp; There he focused on Iran before transferring to European Command from December 2022 to July 2025.&nbsp; In 2018, Steven graduated from Indiana University with a master\u2019s degree in Central Eurasian Studies with an emphasis on Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overseas Experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afghanistan: July 2013 \u2013 December 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kuwait: December 2014 \u2013 June 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Horn of Africa: September 2017 \u2013 June 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">European Command: December 2022 \u2013 July 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Kitchell married Jessica Kitchell on 12 October 2024.&nbsp; We have our first baby on the way with a due date of 3 July 2026. 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