Sword, and Pen: Driller contributor J.J. Smith recalls how the USMC made him into the journalist he is today, nearly 50 years later.

The base newspaper—The Henderson Hall News—published Smith’s first bylined story. Today, he’s still covering government affairs as it pertains to the drilling industry

​The base newspaper—The Henderson Hall News—published Smith’s first bylined story. Today, he’s still covering government affairs as it pertains to the drilling industry