Could Stephen King be a closet military man?

[MemphisBelle]

According to his bio, Stephen King did not serve in the armed forces. However, his knowledge of military slang and even operations is spot-on. Anyone else notice that?

Admiringly,
MemphisBelle

[michal]

He's very good in research, on whatever topic. But hey - just because he uses a lot of medical terms and procedures in his books doesn't mean he went to med school you know. Just that he takes his work seriously, which in my opinion one of the things that makes you good at your work - whether it's writing, programming or gardening, you know?

[Becks19]

According to his bio, Stephen King did not serve in the armed forces. However, his knowledge of military slang and even operations is spot-on. Anyone else notice that?

Admiringly,
MemphisBelle

I would attribute that, to going the extra mile to research his subjects. You have to love an author who does his homework!

[PatInTheHat]

Well hell, I have a vast knowledge of geekishly stupid and silly & all manner of goofbally kinda stuff, but does that mean.....okey dokey den, perhaps that's a bad example.

[Doc Wilson]

Nope. Not even.

[GunslinginMarine]

According to his bio, Stephen King did not serve in the armed forces. However, his knowledge of military slang and even operations is spot-on. Anyone else notice that?

Admiringly,
MemphisBelle

Yes, his descriptions of Barbara's "flashbacks" of Fallujah during Iraqi Freedom were pretty good for someone who wasn't there. There were alot of black ops going on in that area in 2004. I was stationed about 3 miles outside of Fallujah during the first seige of the city and it was very cool to see a referrence to that in Under the Dome.

[Bryan James]

Unpossible.

[Checkman]

He's a good researcher and writer. I'm a cop and I often find his writing when it concerns law enforcement to be dead on. Especially the attitudes and feelings of police officers. For example he really nailed it in Buick 8 .

[GNTLGNT]

It would be rather crowded in there-between Uncle Stevie, Cujo and The Boogeyman!

[Mr Nobody]

Imagination and empathy are probably key tools in the first draft, but doesn't he write in the notes from From a Buick 8 that he actually spent time with cops in the actual geographic location as part of his research, just so everything really was as authentic as possible?
I'm guessing then that he had contact with Marines who had served in Iraq, and particularly Fallujah, during research for UtD.