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Read the full article →Ron Capps Net Worth: What Is Known About the Army Veteran and Author
Ron Capps is better known for what he built than for what he earns. A veteran intelligence officer turned writer, he founded the Veterans Writing Project, a nonprofit that runs free writing workshops for veterans, service members and their adult family members. His net worth is not publicly documented, and sites that quote a number are guessing.
Military and Foreign Service career
Capps served from 1983 to 2008 as an Army officer, retiring as a lieutenant colonel, and also served as a Foreign Service officer. His postings and deployments included Germany, Korea, Rwanda, Uganda, Zaire, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Darfur, Chad and Iraq. He earned a Bronze Star Medal with oak leaf cluster, and in 2007 he received the William R. Rivkin Award for challenging U.S. policy on Darfur.
From government service to writing
After leaving government work, Capps studied at Johns Hopkins University, where he pursued graduate work in writing. His books include Writing War: A Guide to Telling Your Own Story (2013) and the memoir Seriously Not All Right: Five Wars in Ten Years (2014), which deals openly with PTSD. Three of his essays were recognised in Best American Essays.
Where his income likely comes from
Without disclosures we can only describe the kinds of income that someone with his background typically has, not their size:
- Military retirement pay and federal benefits
- Book royalties and speaking fees
- Teaching or workshop work; the Veterans Writing Project itself is a nonprofit and its funds belong to the organisation
Why we do not publish a number
An invented figure is not information. We would rather tell you what is solid: decades of service, a documented literary career and a mission that has helped veterans write about their experience. For other profiles where the same caution applies, see Elián González and Joe Kenda.
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