Becoming Kevin: From Warrior to Peacemaker

Kevin Osterman takes us through a fascinating journey from delinquency, his time as a Marine scout in Vietnam to learning leadership and ultimately becoming a peacemaker. Becoming Kevin – From Warrior to Peacemaker is a chronology that highlights specific pivotal events in the author's personal development, and which impacted the world around him.
Whether he's shoplifting, completing boot camp at Parris Island, working his way through an enemy bunker complex, learning to fly, helping people find jobs, or facilitating dispute resolution, you'll be right there with him, so hang on! This is a trip worth taking!

Kevin was born and raised in Upstate New York. Shortly after turning seventeen, he dropped out of high school and enlisted in the Marines. Kevin served in Vietnam as a radar operator, direct air support controller, infantry rifleman, and battalion intelligence (S-2) scout. Four years after his honorable discharge from the Marine Corps he enlisted in the Arizona Air National Guard, eventually retiring as a lieutenant colonel. Already an experienced mediator, immediately after retiring from the service, he established and began operating a mediation service, offering mediation, training, and program development. Kevin received his Bachelor of Arts in Management, and Master of Arts in Organizational Management degrees from the University of Phoenix and completed the Advanced Public Executive program though Arizona State University. In 2010 Kevin was hired by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as a mediator and retired from the EEOC as the Phoenix District ADR Coordinator. Kevin's wife Karyn is a retired attorney and they reside just outside of Prescott, Arizona.