Ward and guitar legend Steve Morse. Ward and Steve have been friends since Steve played a USO gig aboard USS John F. Kennedy back in 1986. The two of them just finished collaborating on a video project for which Steve wrote and performed the soundtrack. (Photo taken at the Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis, November '01 following a performance by Steve's band, The Dixie Dregs.)

Ward at a music video shoot in the California desert with one of his favorite Tomcat pilots, Yarko Sos, and the creative voice behind the band Drivin' n' Cryin', Kev'n Kinney (March '93).

Ward and the woman who makes his life worth living, his wife, Carrie.

Ward greets a reader at a book signing after addressing the American Society of Naval Engineers at their national convention in Bloomington, Indiana (September '03).

Ward speaks to the American Society of Naval Engineers during their national convention (September '03).

A long line of readers queues up at the ASNE national convention. Some patient folks waited over an hour to have Ward sign their books (September '03).

Ward's books aren't just for Navy folks. He's developed a following among Army Blackhawk crews, as well. Here members of Forward Support Medical Team No. 1 pose holding their favorite reads in front of one of their H-60s. This photo was taken in Mosul, Iraq on Christmas Day 2003. This gallery is dedicated to their safe and speedy return.

Another shot from the Punk's Fight shoot. Jamie had to look far and wide to find a road in southern Maryland that looked sort of like a road in Afghanistan. As regional experts know, the roads in Afghanistan, like the roads in southern Maryland, are bordered by tall grass. (Work with us here, please . . .)