J. Pepper Bryars began his career writing for military newspapers while serving in the Army National Guard, and he received the Army Commendation Medal for his deployment to Hungary in support of the peace-enforcement mission in Bosnia.
Pepper then became a newspaper reporter, spent time as an aide to a congressman and governor, and served as a presidential appointee in the Defense Department. He was also a strategic communication advisor to U.S. military forces operating in Europe, Africa, and Latin America.
He was twice awarded the Office of the Secretary of Defense Award for Exceptional Public Service, once for service in Baghdad and a second time for work at the Pentagon. He also edited a news website and served as a fellow at a public policy think tank.
He has been published in the Federalist, American Thinker, Birmingham News, Mobile Press-Register, Montgomery Advertiser, Huntsville Times, Yellowhammer News, and the Mississippi Press, and at AL.com.
Pepper has also published several books and shorts stories available at Amazon.com.
