Welcome to Bernard Travis, our male protagonist in Operation: Camouflage Christmas. We decided to interview him for our blog.

How are you connected to the Military, and what branch?

My dad is a drill sergeant currently serving overseas. I’m now in Officer Candidate School to become a Psychiatric Physician’s Assistant.

What did you like and/or dislike about being a military brat?

My father was strict and life changed dramatically when he was around. Life was easier when he was gone. He didn’t show a lot of emotion. It was hard too when bad things happened that he wasn’t always there for us.

I didn’t mind moving around because I met interesting people and I guess the discipline my dad instilled in me helped me through college and hopefully through officer training.

What do you say when people ask, “Where are you from?”

I usually tell them I’m an American. I don’t belong to any one place.

Where is home for you?

Home is wherever my mom is. Someday I hope it will be wherever my wife is.

Why should someone read Operation: Camouflage Christmas?

Well, if you want bad poetry, by all means go ahead. I’m just happy my plan to woo Brooke worked. You’d need to read it to find out just how. I think God covered a multitude of my own weaknesses in the process.