Kevin Dockery is an American

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and

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and military historian. He is best known for his work detailing the history and weapons of the

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. He served in the

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on the

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's Guard, and as an

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. Since retiring from the Army, he has worked as a

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for the

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, a

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, a game designer and as a

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. He has written 37 books, appeared in a number of television documentaries and served as

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for several motion pictures. He has written with or for several well-known figures, including Bill Fawcett,

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, Dennis Chalker and several other

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Biography

Kevin Dockery was born October, 1954 in

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. He served in the U.S. Army from 1972 through 1975 as the Unit Armorer for Company A, 1st Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, a ceremonial and guard unit assigned to the White House in Washington DC. Company A was the Presidents Guard for the 1976 Bicentennial. The Guard performed as a recreation of George Washington's Guard down to the period uniforms and weapons. Dockery was a Selected Marksman for the unit. His duties also included caring for all of the unit's weapons, both modern and antique, including 77 Brown Bess flintlock muskets, swords, spontoons (spears) and other arms. After leaving the army, Dockery returned to Michigan where he received a BA degree in Communications from

Oakland University Oakland University (OU or Oakland) is a public university, public research university in Auburn Hills, Michigan, Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1957 through a donation of Matilda Dodge Wilson and husband ...

in 1980 with a concentration on broadcast journalism. While going to school, Dockery joined the Michigan National Guard, Company A, 225th Infantry. Rising to the rank of platoon sergeant, he served as an 81mm M29A1 mortar team leader, a weapons squad leader (antitank), and an infantry squad leader. He left the service in 1984. Dockery fleshed out the military portion of the

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role-playing game ''

The Morrow Project ''The Morrow Project'' is a science fiction role-playing game created by Kevin Dockery (author), Kevin Dockery, Robert Sadler and Richard Tucholka and published by Timeline Ltd. It is set after a devastating nuclear war. It was first released in ...

'' (1980). He also wrote military reference works for various other RPGs. His books include ''Navy Seals: The Complete History'', ''Stalkers and Shooters: A History of Snipers'' and ''Weapons of the Navy Seals''. He has appeared in six episodes of ''

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'', ''Somali Pirate Takedown: The Real Story'', and two episodes of ''Ground War''. Dockery lives in

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where he divides his time between writing, raising big dogs, and his hobbies which include scuba diving, blacksmithing, fencing, gunsmithing, and knife and sword making.

Selected works

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References

External links

Kevin Dockery's Amazon Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dockery, Kevin Living people American military historians American male non-fiction writers Oakland University alumni United States Army soldiers American curators Year of birth missing (living people)