VAN E. HARL
- A Combat Injured Air Force "Cop"
- A Different Kind of Veteran
- A Military Christmas
- A Year of Absence
- Admiral Zumwalt Abducted by Wannabe Terrorists
- Air Force Nurse - Military Medical Leader
- Air-Lift Wins the Humanitarian War
- Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta 2003
- American Hero or Nazi Stooge?
- American Hiroshima?
- An Old Navy Peacoat
- Educate the Illegal - Take from the Veteran
- Elvis - The Army Veteran
- Emergency Management and the Veteran
- Extend Services to Terrorists - Yes: To Americans - No
- I Have Done This All My Life
- I Wanted to be a Navy Corpsman
- Internet Lips Sink Ships
- Islam Is At War With Christendom and the World
- Islamo-Patricios – “IPATS”
- It's Hummer Time
- Last Summer in Altus
- Last to Surrender: Narcissism or Terrorism
- Logistics: The Art of Doing War
- Loss of Old Veterans – Re-Emergence of an Old Villain
- Military RVing
- My Child: Air Force Academy or a State University
- My Small Piece of Canada (US Military and the “Point” Blanket)
- Paris Out of Jail, Air Force Cop is Dead
- Peace and the US Veteran
- Peers Policing Peers (A Book Review)
- Pick up the Phone and Call a Veteran
- Poor Misunderstood Japan
- Potential Border Medical Terrorism
- POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony 2003
- Prepare Now to Succeed
- Sad Lodd of a Valuable Air Force Supporter
- Sailors, Tattoos, and Air Force Enlistments
- Shaken Airman Syndrome
- She Will Never Be Home for Christmas
- Sister Bullwinkel
- Smart Black Students are Joining the Military
- Snoopy In Combat
- Sometimes 'You' Have to Charge the Machine Guns
- Spice up Your Obituary
- Still Picking at the Wound
- Supply Side Islamic Terrorism
- Take the "Liberty" not to Forget
- Terrorism Since 1492?
- The Boat That Won WWII
- The Colonel Has Fleas
- The Day the Oklahoma Died
- The Day the Sharks Came
- The Emperor's New Beret
- The Handcart Boys
- The Lady Machine Gunner goes to War
- The Man in Blue: Johnny Cash
- The Military Does Not Want Broken People
- The Scariest Place in the World
- The USS Oklahoma Veteran
- Tommy Died Tonight
- Troop Trains
- Washing Angel's Wings
- Washing Ice Cubes
- We Buried an Air Force Cop Today
- We Buried another Veteran Today
- When Evil Prospers
- Wounded Combat Veteran - Hollywood Actor
- WWII Airman Is Gone
- WWII Flight Nurse
Major Van E. Harl USAF Ret., a career Police Officer in the U.S. Air Force was born in Burlington, Iowa, USA, in 1955. He was the Deputy Chief of police at two Air Force Bases and the Commander of Law Enforcement Operations at another. Major Harl is a graduate of the U.S. Army Infantry School, the Air Force Squadron Officer School and the Air Command and Staff College. After retiring from the Air Force he was a state police officer in Nevada. He was a member of the Crime Scene Investigation Unit for the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, Police Department. Prior to moving to New Mexico he taught Air Force Junior ROTC at a high school in Mississippi.
Major Harl has a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice and a Masters degree in Education. He was an instructor and course supervisor at the Air Force Police Academy. He enjoys camping, traveling, volunteering with the Girl Scouts and writing. He writes articles, poetry, and has a published children's story. He is involved in Civil War reenacting with his daughter.
Major Harl's father was career Navy and Major Harl is retired Air Force; his wife is currently on active duty as an Air Force Medical Officer. Because of this, he had been on the move all his life. He has lived on or near military bases his entire life and currently lives on Altus, Air Force Base, Altus Oklahoma with his wife Colonel Dawn Harl USAF NC, daughter Felicity and three dogs.