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Commander Jeff Huber, USN (ret.)
“was operations officer of Carrier Air Wing Eight and USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), and commanding officer
of Airborne Early Warning Squadron 124.” Jeff Huber is the author of Bathtub Admirals. According to the book description of Bathtub
Admirals, “Retired navy commander Huber's debut novel is a profane and hilarious parody of the post–Cold
War navy. Huber's hero is Jack Hogan, a straight arrow trying to keep his sanity in a bureaucratic culture where connections
and politics trump competence. Hogan's career appears bright during the waning days of the Cold War, but when the iron
curtain crumbles, the sandbox generals and bathtub admirals are reduced to playing war, and Hogan's stock sinks while
that of careerists like his friend Buzz Rucci rises. Huber is funniest when satirizing the bureaucratic infighting and petty
rules ingrained in naval culture, but he also scores direct hits on feminism, politicians and the military's policy toward
homosexuals. Populated by outrageous characters and fueled with pompous outrage, Huber's irreverent broadside will pummel
the funny bone of anyone who's served.”
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