Feeley 's mother was a professor of English . He is an Eagle Scout . He graduated from Regis High School in 1979 , and earned B.S. at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1983 . Feeley served in the United States Marine Corps from 1983 to 1990 . He flew amphibious assault helicopters in and over Lebanon in the mid-1980s following the 1983 bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beirut . He also flew them from Navy ships in the Atlantic and the Caribbean . He earned his M.A. from the National War College in 2004 . Feeley is married to Cherie Feeley , who is also a U.S. diplomat , and they have two children . He speaks fluent Spanish
bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beirut
1983 Beirut barracks bombings
John D. Feeley