Richard H. Grabmeier served as a military instructor and technical writer with the rank of Staff Sergeant during service at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and in Saigon, Vietnam, in the late 1950s. His civilian career as a technical instructor and writer, heavy equipment supervisor, and equipment designer spanned thirty years. During that time he taught the construction of early computer memory systems, supervised crews of up to forty men, and controlled a one-million-dollar budget.