John Letaw

John D. Letaw is a retired Naval officer who spent most of his military and civilian career in the Pacific region. Following the Navy, John worked as a defense contractor in San Diego and Japan; a civil service professional in Hawaii; and as a missionary in Thailand and Japan. In all of these roles, John and his family have relied upon TRICARE for their health care needs, giving them deep understanding of TRICARE in a variety of settings. John has been enrolled in TRICARE Standard, TRICARE Prime, TRICARE Select both overseas and in the U.S., and presently in TRICARE for Life. With extensive international living, John became attuned to the urgent need for active and retired military families to learn about TRICARE. This led him to launch the Facebook group "TRICARE Around the World" which is now the world’s largest and most active online community for sharing information among users of TRICARE worldwide. The questions, stories, struggles and victories of families like your own had a profound influence on the development of his book.