In 1989, Dini continued his military studies in the United States, where he attended the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, whose alumni include Dwight D. Eisenhower, Alexander Haig and Tommy Franks.
Rushing was assigned to United States Central Command (CENTCOM) in Doha, Qatar, during Operation Iraqi Freedom where he served as a spokesperson to General Tommy Franks.
During the first phase of the Iraq war, he was the only newspaper reporter embedded with the allied land command under General Tommy Franks, a position that "granted him unique access to cover the invasion strategy and its enactment".
Mike has interviewed many ARCA and NASCAR stars, television executives/personalities from ESPN, Fox Sports and Speed Channel, and national personalities like wrestler/movie star Bill Goldberg and Commander in Chief of the United States Central Command from July 2000 through July 2003, General Tommy Franks.
General Tommy Franks has lived in Roosevelt since his retirement from the U. S. Army in 2003.
Healy also served as a superior officer to then-subordinate Tommy Franks as well.
Franks | Tommy Dorsey | Tommy Hilfiger | Tommy Thompson | Tommy | Randall Franks | Tommy Steele | Tommy Lee | Tommy Lee Jones | Tommy Emmanuel | Tommy Sheridan | Tommy Robredo | Tommy Chong | Tommy Douglas | Tommy Makem | Tommy Cooper | Tommy Boy Entertainment | Trent Franks | Tommy Mottola | Tommy Henrich | Tommy Flanagan | Tommy Tune | Tommy Lyons | Tommy LiPuma | Tommy James and the Shondells | Tommy Franks | Tommy Tutone | Tommy Tuberville | Tommy Spinks | Tommy Smyth |
People of note born in Wynnewood include musician Roy Milton, General Tommy Franks, who commanded the invasion forces of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq, and Donna Shirley, who led the Mars Pathfinder project at JPL and James Allen, former NFL running back for the Chicago Bears and Houston Texans.