What I Learned About Crisis Management from a Nuclear Emergency

When a nuclear warhead went missing from a missile at Ellsworth Air Force Base in 1964, nobody knew what would happen next. That day taught me more about crisis management than any textbook ever could. Let me take you back to December 5th, 1964, Robert Hicks was a young airman, 20 years old, working as […]

From Texas Farm Boy to Nuclear Crisis Hero: The Untold Story of Bob Hicks

Ever wonder how a skinny farm kid from small town Texas ends up face to face with a heavily damaged nuclear warhead in the middle of a Cold War crisis? That is the journey at the heart of Failure Not an Option: A Cold War Memoir from Nuclear Crisis to Senior Federal Law Enforcement Officer by Bob Hicks. […]