[1] Instead, he learned Indonesian at the Defense Language Institute and Vietnamese in Washington, D.C., before serving in the Vietnam War.
[1] In 1967,[1] amid the Vietnam War, Rowan joined the U.S. Air Force Security Service as a linguist.
[2] He "flew in planes over North Vietnam with a team listening in on the enemy's communications and translating them into English to guide or warn American pilots.
"[1] After the war, Rowan attended Queen's College, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Political Science.
[1] Rowan serves on the advisory board of the New York City Department of Veterans Affairs, where he represents Queens.