Armin Brott a.k.a. Mr.Dad has earned enviable credibility as an authority figure on fatherhood and families. His ten best selling books ranging starting with The Expectant Father to Military Father, have brought him accolades and has become a pioneer in his field of building better fathers for more than a decade. He's helped millions of men around the world become the fathers they want to be and that their children need them to be. "It's not easy being a father" Armin was quoted recently. "We go through the same things that Moms do however, we need to be able to speak better, to not hide behind the male persona of what we are lead to believe of what being a father entails. Trust me it's not a bed of roses and now is the time for us to tackle the leadership roles especially in today's climate." Military Father came about through his service in the Marines, Armin , was stationed at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA where he was trained as an interrogator/translator (Russian). After that, he was sent to the Reserves. After serving for seven years he found a specific niche that many were or did not wish to speak bout and that was being a father stationed oversees. Armin interviewed countless men and the women who held the home front down while their husbands were serving along with the chaplains that work closely with the families of the deployed.while he was researching this book.