tonight, first a conversation with ron capps director of the veterans writing project about his memoir serious li not lrt fooy not all right five wars in 10 years which takes a look at how the trauma of war continues to plague our soldiers. a veteran of afghanistan. >>> then we will talk to arturo sandoval, from north america and we're pleased he will join our studios and a performance from arturo sandoval coming up right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the california endow mement help happens in neighborhoods. learn more. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪ >> the overwhelming majority of physical and emotional cost of war is this subject of ron capps new memoir, serious li not lrt fooy not all right five wars in 10 years which takes readers on a personal reality of war crimes and the atrocities. he was a senior military officer and foreign service officer for the u.s. department of state and combat veteran of afghanistan having served in the army and army reserves for 25 years now the founder of the director of the veterans writing project. ron capps i'm

ron capps, his memoir is "seriously not all right: five wars in ten years." thanks for your service and thanks for the text. >> thank you. >> my delight to have you. more to come in just a moment. >>> as one of the founding members of the elements earth, wind, and fire philip bailey sold more than 90 million albums worldwide. he's written a memoir about his life and times entitled "shining star: braving the elements of earth, wind and fire." before we start our conversation a look at the band performing that big hit "shining star." ♪ >> such crossover audience. after all these years to what to you attribute that? >> i think really the fact that the music is really for the people. and just in writing the songs, the whole vision was the music is for the people. and so that whole message has really been something that's been very, very compact, you know, inm$r6p terms of, you knol over the world. yeah. >> when you say the music is written for the people, unpack that. explain what you mean. because depending what artist you're talking to, there are other artists

we are thrilled to be welcoming ron capps here. i would like to thank scott manning and the shackner press for having the wisdom to publish a wonderful book. i know a lot of you know ron personally but for those of you who are not as familiar with him ron's bio reads like one of the more interesting novels of all time and we are lucky to have it captured here. he served as senior military office and u.s. observer of state and he is a combat veteran of afghanistan serving in the army and army reserve for 25 years. entered as a private and retired at a lieutenant colonel. he served in rwanda, coast, iraq, and the darfer region of sudan. he was awarded the medal of service and received awards from the american service association. his policy writing has appeared everywhere there is to mention and he is the founder of a non-profit that provides no cost writing workshops for veterans and their families. we are thrilled to welcome here to share his memoir "seriously not allright: five wars in ten years." welcome, ron capps >> thank you. i

ron capps here tonight. he has written just an incredible memoir, and i'd like to start by thanking scott manning of manning and associates, and the shatner press for having the wisdom to publish a wonderful and meaningful book. i think a lott of you -- a lot of you personally know ron, but for those of you who aren't as familiar with him, ron's bio reads like one of the more interesting novels of all time, and we are really lucky to have it captured here in this memoir. he has served as both a senior military intelligence officer in the army and an observer for the u.s. department of state, and he is a combat veteran of afghanistan serve anything the army and army -- serving in the army and army reserve for 25 years where he retired as a i lieutenant colonel. as a soldier diplomat, capps served in rwanda, kosovo, afghanistan, iraq and the darfur region of sudan. he received the william r. rivkin award from the american foreign service association. his policy writing has appeared almost everywhere there is t

tonight, first a conversation with ron capps director of the veterans writing project about his memoir serious li not lrt fooy not all right five wars in 10 years which takes a look at how the trauma of war continues to plague our soldiers. a veteran of afghanistan. >>> then we will talk to arturo sandoval, from north america and we're pleased he will join our studios and a performance from arturo sandoval coming up right now. ♪ ♪

ron capps is a combat veteran and founder of the veterans writing project. up next to talks about his book "seriously not all right". this is a little more than an hour. >> hi, folks. welcome to the half king tonight. it is a >> hi, folks. welcome. we elena absolutely thrilled to the welcoming mr. ron capps here tonight. he has written just an incredible more. would like to think bycapps her. i would like to thank scott manning and the shackner press for having the wisdom to publish a wonderful book. i know a lot of you know ron personally but for those of you who are not as familiar with him ron's bio reads like one of the more interesting novels of all time and we are lucky to have it captured here. he served as senior military office and u.s. observer of state and he is a combat veteran of afghanistan serving in the army and army reserve for 25 years. entered as a private and retired at a lieutenant colonel. he served in rwanda, coast, iraq, and the darfer region of sudan. he was awarded the medal of service and received awards from the american service a

a conversation with combat veteran ron capps, his memoir "seriously not all right: five wars in ten years" he was a intelligence officer for the u.s. departmento