Bait is the VF-84 LSO. Bait primary military specialty is command, and his secondary military specialty is pilot. He graduated from Annapolis and Navy Flight School and flew Phantom F-4's off the Intrepid in the late 1980s. He attended the Naval War College in Newport, RI and the Armed Forces Staff College, and is a holder of the Navy Cross, DFC and Air Medal. He is a respected military historian, a nationally rated chess player, and a clarinet player of questionable talent. He was a boxer and could have been a heavyweight contender; he had a left jab like a jack hammer, reflexes like liquid crystal, and the tactical mind of a 5-star general. When he considered the possibilities of permanent brain damage, he instead opted for the Navy and asked for Anything fast and furious!